two quick galleries without any editing work — Mine: http://blackdogandmagpie.net/galleries/index.php?album=laras — rough — cut Jim’s: http://blackdogandmagpie.net/galleries/index.php?album=puerto-vallarta‑1
Read MoreMonth: February 2009
One Day Book — (K) Kicks
…coming soon… it’ sitting in the press getting flat. Meanwhile here are the graphics for the covers of “(K) Kicks” The book pretty much sucks — it’s a one day after all. But I like the graphics.
Read MoreSigns of Spring. 3/$10
From QFC this morning:
Read MoreStenciling a Three Panel Screen, Part II
More on the screen for Jim’s office. Once the stencil had had chance to dry I took the fabric panels off the screen (yeay velcro.) I didn’t do any prep work on the fabric — poly(?) canvas. The paint will stick …
Read MorePurple Book
I seem to be on a roll here with the purple stuff. This is a quick book binding project. The text block was purchased from Paper Source. It comes with cover boards but without a spine board. Japanese paper and book cloth. …
Read MoreStenciling a Three Panel Screen
In order to hide the backs of a number of monitors and computers in Jim’s office we put up a cheap three panel screen. It’s very boring thing. But… the panels are white “canvas” and that means they don’t have …
Read MorePurple is a Good Thing
Took an upholstery class at Pacific Fabrics over the weekend. I want to make new cushions for the porch furniture. The result of about 5 hours of work is this lovely and quite useless cushion. I like the drip effect of …
Read MoreThe Ice Trial, Gold Bar, WA Feb 1, 2009
Well, here we are at the start of a new trials season. I hadn’t gotten nearly as much practice over the winter as I’d hoped, partly due to the pressures of my job, and partly due to the 2 FEET …
Read MoreNew Pictures
Two galleries of pictures from last week’s day-trip to the Friday Harbor in the San Juan Islands for the purpose of picking up the pig. (Yummy fresh pork!) First a general gallery — mostly shots that Jim took. And a collection, mostly mine — a few …
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