On the down side, I had to compromise on the minimal use of power tools, on the upside I borrowed a router. So courtesy of Dan, here's the result:
Lovely bowl shapes. Look great when painted, images of the final board to follow.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
00388 Holey bowley
Following the discovery that barrel hinges leave you with a box with no obvious way to open it, I woke up one morning at 5 o'clock and couldn't sleep with the excitement of finding a viable solution.
On the down side, I had to compromise on the minimal use of power tools, on the upside I borrowed a router. So courtesy of Dan, here's the result:
Lovely bowl shapes. Look great when painted, images of the final board to follow.
On the down side, I had to compromise on the minimal use of power tools, on the upside I borrowed a router. So courtesy of Dan, here's the result:
Lovely bowl shapes. Look great when painted, images of the final board to follow.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
00387
If you're planning an eggsecution, you should test your equipment & methods rigourously:
I hate them, all of them, with their funny little shells and their oblate spherics. They will all perish - mark my words.
I hate them, all of them, with their funny little shells and their oblate spherics. They will all perish - mark my words.
00386 In the land of the hungry
... the cake man is king.
Kneel and worship before my sponge and icing altar!
Mwahahahahahahahaha! Soon I will be able to take over the world.
Of cakes.
Maybe.
Kneel and worship before my sponge and icing altar!
Mwahahahahahahahaha! Soon I will be able to take over the world.
Of cakes.
Maybe.
Saturday, October 03, 2009
00384 Backgammony production line
So I finally got to taking pictures of the board with the Holga and 35mm film, but the lab wouldn't/couldn't scan the negs right up to the sprocket holes, so I did it myself (so there).
Anyhoo, more importantly (and here we see the relativity of words played out to their greatest extents) I am in production. There are two completed boards and three works in progress. It appears that now I have a method of fabricating the boards with consistent results, and so it now seems a natural thing that the painted points are just like a canvas and the board itself is just a frame. So I'm experimenting with different types of techniques and varying colours to get cool results and if I don't like them, well, it's only a small piece of wood and I won't bother to frame it.
Current favourite methodology is to apply Frisket film, mark with a stencil and cut before spraying and finally ripping off the film with a satisfying flourish.
Results are very, very good (almost too good):
- that one with the red tips is the bomb and as a result I will keep it to myself and guard it with a shotgun (along with all the others).
And the magnets are just awesome as a method of keeping the box closed, in fact they're too good. I really need a way to open the box easily, seeing as you can't very well play it with the lid closed (I've met sooooo many people with telekenisis and loads with x-ray vision, but very few with both). I now have a solution. It's awesome, and it's in the post. Eeek!
Oh, and here's a picture of the workshop wall. It's so pimp (if your pimp is lazy, fat and ugly).
And the magnets are just awesome as a method of keeping the box closed, in fact they're too good. I really need a way to open the box easily, seeing as you can't very well play it with the lid closed (I've met sooooo many people with telekenisis and loads with x-ray vision, but very few with both). I now have a solution. It's awesome, and it's in the post. Eeek!
Oh, and here's a picture of the workshop wall. It's so pimp (if your pimp is lazy, fat and ugly).
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