The Sound of One Crow Laughing

First off, a link to a video that's been a simultaneous comfort and boot-to-the-tail for me ever since I found it.



Because anything holy help you if you are simultaneously blessed with a creative streak and perfectionist tendencies.

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The Evil Gazebo proceeds apace--here's one of which I'm rather proud.


The cover fabric started out a pale dove grey. When a few washes of black dye didn't give me a look I was happy with, I wrapped it around my trusty PVC pipe and hit the peaks with a red Shiva Paintstik.

It was the first time I'd worked with the paintstiks, so I wasn't sure what to expect. They turned out to be incredibly easy to handle (so long as I didn't try to get into any fine detail) and delightfully smudgeproof (given ample time to cure and thorough heat setting.) Well. The first was taken care of with bound resist; the second could be done with patience and a household iron. Good stuff.

Also discovered that if I let the gaps between wraps of thread be ~.5", and if I wasn't too fussy about keeping things straight-and-even, unexpected beauty could turn up.



All in all, I'm pleased with the effect. Pleased enough to have a blue-on-black piece waiting to be made into bookcloth, and plans for bronze-on-brown. And for other projects, maybe doing more with the actual dye... Oh, the possibilities...

So here's to a successful mingling!



Next time, "Fun With Galvanic Etching", or "More Nail Polish and More Power"