Water, Water. Everywhere....

OK....We have running water.

I antiqued the fountain with washes of burnt umber this morning.  The method is to put on a very sloppy wash and then quickly wipe it off.

Here is has the wash and hasn't been wiped yet.

Next, I found a gold lion's head finding in my stash.

I painted it to match the lighter color and antiqued it too...

Now comes the interesting part....What to do for the water.

First I tried the old twisted clear tape with white glue over it.  I have never liked that.

So.....Mad scientist time ensued. 

I found a satisfactory solution...clear stretch bead string and Beacon Adhesives Fabri-Tac.  It's clear.

I tied a knot in either end of a doubled strand of the string.  It kind of automatically wants to twist if one end is just folded  instead of cut.  The two strands are going in  a different direction that way.

The bottom end I threaded into a piece of clear acetate packaging plastic.  That was pulled down until the top of the string matched up with the lion's mouth....

I have a question.  Why did old school sculptors think that it was cool to have fountains with lions drooling into them?  Just curious....

Anyway, I took the Fabri-Tac and dripped it onto the strands of bead thread and down onto the surface of the pool(acetate,cut to the shape of the top)

My Fabri-Tac was on the elderly side, so I had to do a lot of fiddling with a wooden skewer.  It must have worked out though.  I had to keep pulling Tessie away... She wanted to put her toes in the water....

I finally let her touch it and get stuck to the surface.  After that she wasn't so keen on sticking any part of her body in it.

As soon as it drys some, I will add a few extra splashes and maybe a couple of lotus flowers.

I just heard Tessie trying to convince Zar to try out the new pool....I had better go stop the disaster that is about to happen....

See you tomorrow.