It was slow at the shop yesterday. I took a short time before I opened the shop to try out some textures on some scrap copper. I decided that I liked the look, divided the sterling that I wanted for my final into the appropriate portions, and, annealed the metal. In the afternoon, took a bit of time and textured my back plates. I'm happy with the results on this, and after everything is complete, I'll LOS selected parts and silver-black other selected parts. I also scribed the locations for the pin retainers and the top bail. I want to get the back pieces soldered on this morning and hopefully get the bezel also soldered on. If I can manage this, the pieces will be almost complete and I can move on.
Today I have errands that will take me from south Minneapolis to north Arden Hills - in other words, all over the cities. Oh joy! I'd much rather be at my computer or my sketchbook, but I'll make some time for that later today. I want to start getting some measurements for one of my smaller boxes and start making the cloissonae wires for the surface decorations. I also need to order checks, get some prescriptions filled, go grocery shopping, etc, etc, etc. Playing with fire seems like much more fun than driving all over on icy roads . The challenge of life in Minnesota in winter :-)
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