There are so very many things that need to be written and recorded. I have been quite lax this summer when it comes to this blogging business; although I have been continually documenting and taking note of various occurrences in the life that is mine.
I will attempt at a later date to recount and reflect upon some of the events that occurred during my seemingly bland summer, but now… I am sitting on my comfortably modern microfibre sofa in a simple little studio apartment on a busy street in Logan Square, Chicago. I am currently debating on whether or not I want to attempt to hang my largest piece of art (a simply amazing print of an etching? Depicting the Biblical account of Daniel in the Lions Den.) It is a formidable task. The little picture shelves that I made for my matted photos are a whole different pile of mud, but much more manageable, all I really have to do with those is decide the best place to place them on the wall…
I am currently listening to “Everything” by Michael Buble. It is an amazing song, one of my favorites I think. He has such an amazing voice…
Ok, back to the point of this little bit of writing. I have a work-study in the “Sullivan Fabrication Studio” A.K.A. The Woodshop, and today I was working in said woodshop, only it was quite slow for a good portion of the morning and early afternoon so… me being the type of person who likes to be busy with something, I start looking up joinery techniques. Apparently Dayton (one of the studio TA’s) thought that me doing this was immensely funny, and after having made several comments like “and now she’s on to half-lap joints!” etc… and also telling Weston and Brian that I was “Studying back here” And me just replying with a “well I like to be informed, and I wanted some background info before I start a project”.
I don’t understand why people think it funny or strange for someone to just look things up and take notes on the subject if they don’t know and want to lean more on a particular subject. That is what I try to do.
I think that the box joint along with a little mortise and tenon work might be what I need to use.
I am thinking about building a free-standing counter top/table piece to go in my little kitchen area and I have a particular idea in mind so I was doing a bit of research today before I invested a good sum of money, materials and possibly some of my peace of mind, which generally gets thrown out the window when you jump head long into something you know little if not anything about. And what do I get, three woodshop guys laughing and sniggering about my “studiousness” ugh. And I’ll say is again ugh! Sometimes people annoy me, but I suppose that that is sometimes the nature of people, to annoy. Then again, it could just be ignorance, but who knows. The good thing about it is that we were having fun, albeit at my expense, but I did get a demo from Brian on how to do some fancy drill work. That was fun! Now all I have to do is finish hanging my pictures before I really get down to business on this whole woodworking thing.
I will attempt at a later date to recount and reflect upon some of the events that occurred during my seemingly bland summer, but now… I am sitting on my comfortably modern microfibre sofa in a simple little studio apartment on a busy street in Logan Square, Chicago. I am currently debating on whether or not I want to attempt to hang my largest piece of art (a simply amazing print of an etching? Depicting the Biblical account of Daniel in the Lions Den.) It is a formidable task. The little picture shelves that I made for my matted photos are a whole different pile of mud, but much more manageable, all I really have to do with those is decide the best place to place them on the wall…
I am currently listening to “Everything” by Michael Buble. It is an amazing song, one of my favorites I think. He has such an amazing voice…
Ok, back to the point of this little bit of writing. I have a work-study in the “Sullivan Fabrication Studio” A.K.A. The Woodshop, and today I was working in said woodshop, only it was quite slow for a good portion of the morning and early afternoon so… me being the type of person who likes to be busy with something, I start looking up joinery techniques. Apparently Dayton (one of the studio TA’s) thought that me doing this was immensely funny, and after having made several comments like “and now she’s on to half-lap joints!” etc… and also telling Weston and Brian that I was “Studying back here” And me just replying with a “well I like to be informed, and I wanted some background info before I start a project”.
I don’t understand why people think it funny or strange for someone to just look things up and take notes on the subject if they don’t know and want to lean more on a particular subject. That is what I try to do.
I think that the box joint along with a little mortise and tenon work might be what I need to use.I am thinking about building a free-standing counter top/table piece to go in my little kitchen area and I have a particular idea in mind so I was doing a bit of research today before I invested a good sum of money, materials and possibly some of my peace of mind, which generally gets thrown out the window when you jump head long into something you know little if not anything about. And what do I get, three woodshop guys laughing and sniggering about my “studiousness” ugh. And I’ll say is again ugh! Sometimes people annoy me, but I suppose that that is sometimes the nature of people, to annoy. Then again, it could just be ignorance, but who knows. The good thing about it is that we were having fun, albeit at my expense, but I did get a demo from Brian on how to do some fancy drill work. That was fun! Now all I have to do is finish hanging my pictures before I really get down to business on this whole woodworking thing.
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