Today: Adventures in foiling. That ugly little periwinkle book is about to get even worse; today, we subject it to Jones Tones foil glue and pearl-sheen foil. I've painted the glue on in some places and squeezed it straight from the bottle in others. After lunch, I'll attack it with the foil.
And after the foil's on, then comes the real fun: stress testing.
:D
See, this lovely little book I'm making? It's probably going to wind up in a fencing bag, jostling round with the mask and gloves and daggers and rubber fish. I want it to be lovely, yes. But I also want it sturdy enough to survive an active life in the SCA.
So once again, my little prototype takes one for the team. If the foils can't stand up to my roughousing, I'm going back to the drawing board for a cover-treatment. Maybe glue some cords onto the wood in fun pattern before the leather goes on, like the Stonyhurst was done? Hm...
(I love this.)
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In other news....
Why I'm Glad We're Renting:
Yesterday, the water heater decided to irrigate the carpet in half the apartment. Slowly, so as to give the padding time to really soak things up. It was doing a lovely job of it, too. At first we'd thought the dampness was from recent rains soaking the ground under another crack in the foundation (yeah; we've got one of those, too... This is why we don't brew in this apartment), by 5:00 last night, the damp had spread into the dining room, and the hallway was making a rich *splorch* underfoot.
Insert frenzied removal of all things permeable from the floors of half the apartment here. The diningroom table looks like half our craft supplies and books all saw a spider, shrieked, and climbed aboard.
Several hours and calls to the emergency maintenance guys later, the water heater was replaced and the halls were attacked with a Shop Vac. Now I've got all the windows open and an industrial strength fan blowing down the halls. And cicadas competing with Jonathan Coulton for soundspace.
Eyah. Well. It's all getting dry, anyway. And the cicadas are fun! :D
Labels: bookbinding, home sweet home