I'm Rockin' Now!

I did stonework for a couple of hours this morning. If you have ever worked with DAS or paper clay, you will know what I mean when I say that your fingers start to feel like rocks. As you are working the clay kind of builds up on your fingers and dries there. I had to go scrub off my finger tips every half hour or so. It's fun to do but really dries out your hands. I had to quit after I did what you see. Stonework goes slowly. And besides, my husband brought home pizza. Pizza and DAS don't play well together.

This photo makes it look like there is an overhang where I have the two kits glued together. There's not one. I think that the saw cut emphasizes the line.

The part going up the inside corners is hardest to do. If you aren't careful, it can get very thick and then there is no definition of the corner.

In case you are wondering, I am not going to stone the whole house. It will be California 1920s Storybook style. There is no rhyme or reason where the stones are placed on those houses. They are really interesting and literally look like something out of a fairytale. That's what I am going for here.

This is the only other thing I got done today. I drew up a plan for the bookshelves on the second floor to go on the right wall. I will work around the window and keep that where it is. If I blocked it off to make the whole wall shelves it would be pretty boring and not enough light. I also got the long strips cut for the shelving. Now all I have to do is cut them to the right length and put them together in the jig.

Today is Saturday and I am using that as an excuse to quit early. Well not really. I still need to draw up plans for the other bookshelves on the second floor. At least I can sit down and do that and no more rocky fingers!

See you tomorrow.