Most of the time these days my mind is coursing throughout the galaxy with my characters in my new story, (alluded to in my last post) so much so that I’m finding it hard to be present in the here-and-now, and when I do turn up, I’m ambushed by my body that has allergic reactions that put me out of action for three days, or migraines of varying strengths, or just general wear-and-tear on a body that’s spent more than half of it’s existence getting by with one-and-a-half knees.
(I give thanks to Efficacia Herbilaria, the Goddess of the herb, Star Anise on a regular basis this time of year. I’d do the ‘burnt offering’ thing but that would defeat the whole purpose)
It’s no wonder that I wander around in a semi-coherent daze, and want to get back to my galaxy hopping companions with more alacrity than is seemly in a lass of my three-score years, and seven months.
There are, of course household and garden tasks to hold my attention, relationships to maintain, the making of salves, repairing old journals, etc, and many and varied crafty projects to keep my feet firmly in this Realm … for a while at least.
So, we start with the basics, a table, lots of scrap cardboard, and an assortment of manufacturing tools …
… and a long stalk of bamboo, apparently, which is probably why the secateurs are there too, possibly
I used this video on YouTube, as my inspiration. Beware though, if this sort of thing has any attraction for you, you will disappear into a nightmarish rabbit-hole from which there is very little chance for your safe return unscathed. I have the scathes to prove it.
I decided to go with a cardboard base rather than a plastic jar, because if there’s a hard way to do something, I’ll be in the deep end before you can say, “Maybe that isn’t …”, and ended up with this …
The front stoop, with spider-webbed portholes …
… and in the rear windows, two cats having an intense conversation …
… which went on into the wee small hours of the morning
Next it was time to cover everything in paper clay. The recipe for which I got from this video by the same Irish lass as previously noted.
A close-up of the feline conversationalists while their window frames were being formed
And here it is, drying out in some late afternoon sunbeams on the front step.
Mmmmm, beams
-oOo-
Next … Part 2 – The Paint Job … see you then. I’m off, back to the other side of the galaxy to see what kind of trouble that motley crew have got themselves into while I was away.
Widdershins Worlds 
Cool! Especially the nighttime view.
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You know what cats are like when they get going. 😀
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Yep. 😀
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I can see how you’d get scathed with this 😉
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Heh, heh, heh … for hours and hours! 😀
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I’ll bet 😀
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Once the WIP is finished, I intend to take time out and do something creative… Loving what you’re doing!
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This is such fun to do, and there are other recipe’s out there that are for a smoother ‘clay’ surface. Check out this one … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYN2QPR6gu0
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Big mistake watching that lovely lady… I want to make some mache now! I can think of so many ways to use it too…
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Bwhahahahaha … you have been scathed! 😀
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Yes, I have… and I love it when I have to have a go…
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😀
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Marvellous. You really don’t let your health problems restrict you any more than you have to
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It occasionally feels like with my ratio of well to not-well days I’d never get out of bed otherwise. 🙂 … OK that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but not by much.
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Your spirit saves you
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🙂
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It’s great. I’d love to know more about why you made it and where you will place it.
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Therewith be the raison d’être for ‘Part 2’ 😀
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Cool. I’ll look out for it. 🙂
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Cats in the windows – Yeah!
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Having a long existential conversation. 😀
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fab, really. Even the papier mache surfacing that brings back awful memories of a late night supper gone wrong…
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Heh, an interesting medium it is indeed! 😀
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When it’s left in the fridge and you mistake it for mushroom soup you know something bad is about to happen…
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“Watchunder!!!”
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Fun! I too am susceptible to that kind of distraction. 🙂
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It’s our artistic temperaments! 😀
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I’m gobsmacked! That ickety rickety little house is so good even as is. You’ve got me itching to make something too. Sadly I have characters sulking in a binary system far, far away too…
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I know it was quite a push to cover it up with the paper clay. 😀
Those dastardly binary systems. 🙂 I can get carried away with the little house and have to limit my time with my trusty handy-dandy 40 minute timer alarm. 🙂
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I used to make dolls houses, back when we were living in a rental. Wish fulfillment I guess, so I know how easy it is to get into the ‘zone’. Thing is, that zone can be as healing as any meditation.
Give yourself an extra ten minutes, just because. 😀
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‘Ten minutes more’ sounds like an excellent plan! 😀
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Mwahahaha!
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I love it. As said above, the nighttime view ROCKS !!
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It does, doesn’t it!!! 😀 … I put one of those little battery-operated tealights inside and took the photo. 🙂
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Your creation looks like so much fun. I read your about page as well and loved what you decided to do with that blank paper. Hope to get back for the next addition here.
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Hi there. 😀 … welcome to my little corner of the interwebz. 🙂
My creation is staring at me as we speak, saying, ‘paint me, paint me’. 😀
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Oh, do I know what that’s like. I think that’s why I’m looking forward to a weekend at the beach with my daughter so things will stop screaming at me.
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I’ve been reading Terry Pratchett and you keep coming up – widdershins this, and widdershins that.
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Heh, heh, heh … I get around! 😀
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