Another great meeting was had and largely unreported on, due to the unforgivably lax correspondence by ours truly. We (well, most of we) dabbled in the dark inky arts of marbledy paper, and left with mixed results. The ink for this process on normal ol' H2O comes out less vibrant than the previous marbledy paper, but we got some pretty interesting results.
The meeting ended with a new meeting date (Tuesday 21 June 2011), but without a project selected. We considered Flip's suggestion to turn do whatever he came up with (rumored to involve some type of human sacrifice), but the rest of us were understandably nervous at the offer (somebody, who shall remain faceless, actually fainted), and another project was ultimately selected. Sorry Flip, keep those scimitars polished and someday maybe we'll take you up on it!
Inspired by the online magazine Cloth, Paper and Scissors, "Soul Houses" has been proposed (can't post this on the blog, as it's copyrighted, and probably can't legally sent it via email either, so please don't report me):
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If this is too high-brow for you, think of it as decorating a birdhouse, either ultimately for bird use or for your own nefarious porpoises. Betsey has ventured out to A.C. Moore's and collected a clutch of birdhouses (note water bottle for scale... oh, and a ruler), for a very reasonable price ($1.50 plus tax apiece):
The ruler would be a separate purchase. Note the chimneys -- apparently, these are year-round birdhouses, with a fireplace or furnace. Any way, we won't have to construct our houses as if from a kit, since they're all assembled: we can spend our time collaging, decoupaging, attaching steampunk metalwork and/or religious artifacts, pieces of the true A-bomb shelter, daguerrotypes, old jewelry, etc. And the first people at the meeting will have their pick from Betsey's stash. I dunno, should I opt for a one-holer, or two-? Is that a perch on your face, or are you happy to see me? Decisions, decisions.
What to bring? Well, shiny objects, fast-drying paint/glue/varnish, metal, decorative papers, teeny little shingles, small-bore automatic weapons (no, wait, that's for next month's "fast-moving targets practice" project), scissors/knives, hockey pucks (go Bruins!), pipe cleaners (to make chimney smoke), corrugated sheet metal and brads, rusty nails, screwdrivers, harvey wallbangers, etc. The theme needn't be dark and soully, make it your own, have fun with it, keep it simple (maybe a tribute to the Stanley Cup), stop tracking mud on my kitchen floor, neither a borrower nor a lender be, wah de doo dah!
P.S. Stay tuned for a place to have this meeting, I'll keep you posted as I find out more!
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