Aug 15
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

The paint still isn’t as thick as I want. I may need to rethink the process to get a different result. These are the new Jacquard Lumiere paints, which are really beautiful smeared in the edges of my fingers. Why does stamping wind up being such a whole body experience for me? Or at least whole hand? (and nose – the nose always itches when my fingers are covered with gold paint)

Anyhow, I want thicker paint on the surface of the dark fabric, so the edges have more punch. Maybe stencilling.

More work elsewhere today. Anybody want to buy a car?

Aug 14
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

yesterday’s. again.

I was using up old Deka Starlite paints for dark fabrics. I think for painting it is possible to get them thick enough, but stamping with them makes the paint thinner than I wanted. I wonder if different stamps have more “tooth” and might carry more paint?

Al and I had a nearly perfect day yesterday. We took the grown-up tandem out for a roaring ride in the morning, through some of the most perfect weather of the summer, over some of my favorite bits of terrain, and finished at one of my most favored restaurants for lunch. The two of us work so well together. It is really different having no kids – just me and my sweetie. I miss the girls, but I like having just a glimpse of an empty nest too.

After all that pleasure in the morning, I took supper to Andy, then helped the crew there sort, pile, package and carry. I was very, very tired at the end of the day!