Yarn Ring

Yarn ring:

I "invented" this ring after being given a piece of yarn with some spiritual significance for me. The challenge was to find a way to incorporate it's presence in my daily life. Most of the others who also got this yarn tied it to various objects. My instinct was to tie it to myself but I wanted it to be more permanent than just knotting it on.

I wove it into a loop and sprayed it with a polycrylic finish spray. Now I wear it as a pinkie ring.

If you want to know the meaning of the ring you'll have to ask me in person.

From that Last Post to March

OK yeah, it's been a while since the last update...

book bag I made for my Father who is a member of the Audubon Society.

Visual Art:

I haven't been doing a lot of visual stuff lately. This does sadden me.

Writing:

had a reading of Erick Tree.
and working on some mind-dump piece that other people might call a memoir.

House Remodel:

is in the finishing phase, finally!

Future:

I'm planing on starting grad school in the fall. This will be interesting...
Some times I plan things and they don't happen.

Kitchen Experiment: beet dye hair

 

what you will need

 

take equal parts beet juice and vinegar

 

section out hair

 

dunk hair

 

dry it out

 

comb and style.

Beet juice makes a lovely pink color in light hair this doen't work well in dark hair. It's not permanent and will wash out in a few washes.

 

I'm shooting a little PSA today. These are props for it.

Yes Fingerless gloves (also armwarmers). This pair scrunches nicely. It's the 80's for your arms. I'll take orders if you want your own.

While I was cutting wood for a built-in loft bed (see below) I stacked the waist wood to make this tower. It would be way cool if this was like 20times bigger. I don't know if that's actually possible.

The built-in is for the second room in the reno project. Which is done but we still need to clean it up for photographing.

The other projects:

Music:
I'm loading stuff to my sound cloud account

Writing:
Tsegan made some progress but is going to take for ever
The Irish Pirate Ninja is stalled

Other:
I'm going back to school. But I'm doing it "ghetto" style! Should be interesting.

Curtains Video

youTube video of building curtains for Flood.

Kitchen Experiment: coffee staining wood

Step one: brew strong coffee.

Apply in various ways:

Method 1: plain coffee to wood
Result: nothing

Method 2: coffee and milk
Result: a very light stain

Method 3: rub warm grounds into wood
Result: light "muddy" stain

Method 4: cold grounds and vegetable oil
Result: light stain. but I think it was more from the oil than the coffee

Conclusion: coffee will make a light stain if it's mixed with milk.

Follow up: would a coffee infused oil work better than milk? Expect results in 3-6 weeks.