Aug. 14th, 2011

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I spent essentially all day Saturday and today in the workshop.

Saturday wasn't too bad; it was cloudy all day and we finally broke our string of 100F+ days. I was there from a bit before 10 to 4. I prepped and did the initial enameling on 6 bracelets and 5 pendants. Then I got the car inspected, fed a friend's cat, and finally SHOWERED. Afterwards I had dinner with my awesome sister-in-law at my favorite Szechuan place in the world and came home and collapsed.

Today I got into the shop earlier but I left later. It was also hotter; we topped out at about 103F. I finished six 6-piece bracelets, 5 pendants, 2 pairs of earrings, and 12 buttons (look at the pretty picture!). I have had my shower so I feel vaguely human again.

The custom enamel saga continues. I picked up the stamp Saturday morning--man, was that going to be a pain to work with!--but last night/this morning there was an exchange of emails telling me that the design was going to be revised (ok!) and then both of the people involved told me two completely different color sets. But they did change the initial total to "at least 10" , which is helpful, and they want to make this a recurring thing for Burning Man. (Great, if they can get me images earlier than 2 weeks out...)

Now I'm waiting on a completed final color list so I can make a call to Thompson Enamels early tomorrow so I can get the enamels before Thursday. Starting Tuesday night I'm going to be in the workshop every evening, grinding, cleaning, and base coat (clear) enameling the pendants. I want to get one done ASAP so I can send them a picture and make sure I'm going in the direction they want.

....how was YOUR weekend?

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