WHY DO I HAVE TO KEEP WORKING ON THIS???!!?!??!!? Everything keeps breaking in new horrible ways. There is already soooo much glue, and it all looks weird, and now my rivets are wobbly and nothing will stay together. I am so ashamed of this project. I want to be done.

Forbice Fallimento

 Yellow bronze turned to graphite!

 I covered carefully cut foamcore with a really fine weave bookcloth. The whole thing took me 6 hours, which was far more than I was okay with.

 Especially since the top layer got bubbly!! WTF! I glued it down with book glue and everything. I'm hoping a spritz with water and some pressure will smooth it out.

 Also look how wrong things got. :(

After a good talk with Frankie I started grinding out the fail and filling it with more wood. I think this must be what dentistry is like. "Well this is all bad.... I'm gonna grind it all out, fill it with some stuff, then grind again, mmmmkay?"

Uno Giorno...

Some people have awesome jobs.

One day I'll be one of them.

Progetto: 365

I'm going to start a 365 photo project on May 21st (graduation day). I'll be following the strict rules- a photo EVERY day, so I'll end May 21, 2012. My photos will either be artfully framed (as opposed to the crap I post here that're just all "heylookit!") documentation of my projects, or projects in themselves. I'll probably have my 365 on flickr, and I'll still be doing 10ish posts a month on here as well. The idea is to document my life for the first year after college graduation, and also to ensure I keep making things at the appropriate feverish pace. 

Also to get better at photo.

Oh, look! Here's a photo now- sloppily edited,  but I think it's cool. I have plans for scissor-related photos once they're finished. Stay tuned for more details.

Firma Bollo

20 minutes of work with an exacto and I never have to sign flat work again. Win!

Lucidatura

Stato di Rettifica

 Grinding makeup!

 Also- the Niche magazine came! Check it out!