Posted in Metal Casting, Other Projects on Sep 12th, 2005
Here’s another carving project for you, only on a much smaller scale. I work at a studio at our art museum occasionally doing lost-wax metal casting.You can read all about the process of lost-wax casting here, if you are really interested. The short version is that you carve something out of wax, make a “plaster” [...]
Posted in Crooked Brooms, Life Without Tools, Other Projects on Sep 8th, 2005
Last week my somewhat distant neighbor, who also happens to be my somewhat distant cousin, stops by with our mutual friend and co-worker Felix*. (Both of whom work in one area or another of my family’s business.) Felix is mostly known– to me at least — as one who doesn’t talk much. Of course, when [...]
Posted in Crooked Brooms, Other Projects on Sep 6th, 2005
There are a couple of design issues that occur in an 80 year old house. One of them is that there are no open spaces. The other is that of the 7 closets in the house, 6 of them are located upstairs. And because I have tile and hardwood floors, I like to keep brooms [...]
"I wear a toolbelt and go barefoot the way other girls wear Prada and heels."
Recycling Cabinet
DIY Wine Rack
