From the monthly archives:

January 2008

Trouble with Scanner

24 January 2008

The great photo digitizing project has hit a snag.
I started working on “fixing up” the photos that I had scanned in last week. First up was this picture of Jim’s parents Bill and Betty on their wedding day. (Too cute, no?)

A careful look at the original file (all 1040×768of it) revealed a nasty [...]

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TGIF (Thank God It’s Finished)

22 January 2008

The rooms of the House of Mythical Creatures are all connected up. I finished just as it was getting too dark to work.

Detailed pictures in a day or two.

edited 25.june.2008 to correct image links

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Family Photographs – It’s All Grist for the Mill

22 January 2008

I’ve been collecting up the old photo albums and sorting the pictures. There are a number that I’d like to use in the collages. But of course I don’t want to glue up my only copy of great-grandmother’s portrait so… It’s time to get scanning. I’ll leave the hassles of getting an elderly scanner [...]

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Is This Really How You Make Art?

17 January 2008

Collaged paper can get rather thick and lumpy. Getting the panels stuck down to the mat board took some doing.

So the House of Mythical Creatures panels are now mounted on mat board and the backers are made and mounted. It’s all sitting in the press getting flat. Tomorrow I’ll finish up the hinges and title [...]

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Yellow Walls

17 January 2008

The painters are done and I have reclaimed my space.

The move out and back into the studio was almost painless. Probably because I had recently reorganized all the crap and there had not been much time for cruft to accumulate. My office is another story.

edited 25.june.2008 to correct image links

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Passing Time Outside of the Studio

2 January 2008

The painters arrive tomorrow to finish the great house painting project. They will be painting my office, the DH’s office, and my studio. I am working out of a little rolling cart on the kitchen counter. Severely limited in terms of materials and tools.
The House of Mythical Creatures is on hold for the week. It’s [...]

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