Give the Girl a Hand!

Tessie broke some fingers on her right hand a couple of day ago. I think it was when she was sliding down the stairs in the bathtub. Her right hand has been repaired a few times. The nice thing about someone like her is if need be she can have a hand transplant at any time.

This morning I decided that, instead of patching, she should have a new hand altogether. I rummaged around and found the Super Sculpey, some toothpicks and other tools and got to work.

I was on a roll, so I went ahead and finished the second try at Steampunk Man. No Katie, he doesn't have a name yet. I have started a list of unusual names. No decisions so far. Most of the Steampunk people have weird pseudonyms. He will too.

This is what I have so far. The first photo is Steampunk Man going into the oven with the spare hand for Tessie.

He is going to be about six inches tall and younger than the other one that turned to basket making.

After I got him out of the oven I stood him in the secret room to see how he looked size wise. He looks much better than the other one did. He looks like he will be capable of doing all kinds of scientific experiments.....OK.....So he doesn't have a body or a face or clothes yet. Have faith. He will be done in a day or two. Want to know how I know?

Tessie caught him in the secret room. She even brought him flowers with her new hand to show it off......Mind you, he is not aware of his surroundings or even alive yet. That didn't matter to Tessie. I am not going to show you the rest of him. Right now he is just skin and bones, literally.

She is soooo fickle! Forget about the basket maker that lives next door. She likes the start of the new Steampunk Man and can't wait for me to finish him. Did you ever see a five inch tall, redheaded witch drool? It's not pretty. I had to walk away and do something else. I couldn't watch her cooing at him.

Change of subject. I got the kit from Greenleaf for the Spring Fling yesterday. It went together in about a half hour. That's including the extra hole that I cut in the side and a couple of other additions. I am not going to show you any more until I decide if I am going to enter the contest. I have good intentions. I do every year. Sometimes, like now, I get as far as ordering the kit. Other times, I don't even bother, because they are just not of interest. I have never entered.

I like the unusual shape of this one. I think that it has possibilities. Now all I have to do is get Tessie off of my back so that I can work on it.

I have to go now. She is nagging me to work on "her man"......I am inclined to think that there is trouble ahead.

See you tomorrow.