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- Sat 02 Jul, 2011 8:27 pm
- Forum: After Hours
- Topic: Return of The Mog
- Replies: 26
- Views: 13791
Re: Return of The Mog
Never met other than on FF but really, really missed your presence Áine ...... if I can remember correctly, a few years ago, it was thy wit which drove me from the lurkers bench and onto the register..
- Wed 22 Jun, 2011 6:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I'm glad I can't paint this good!
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9218
Re: I'm glad I can't paint this good!
Yup .... that's possible.
But a windblown newspaper lying in the gutter says nothing - just rubbish - whilst a painting of that very same subject hanging in a gallery can ooze social comment on a number of levels - so there are definable parameters whether we like it or not.
But a windblown newspaper lying in the gutter says nothing - just rubbish - whilst a painting of that very same subject hanging in a gallery can ooze social comment on a number of levels - so there are definable parameters whether we like it or not.
- Wed 22 Jun, 2011 3:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I'm glad I can't paint this good!
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9218
Re: I'm glad I can't paint this good!
possibly a controversial direction this topic is taking - imho nothing can be argued until the concept "ART / ARTWORK" is satisfactorily defined and that can easily be books full - ( While doing my Fine Art degree I had a lecturer who could theorize over a blank canvas for hours - and make...
- Mon 06 Jun, 2011 3:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: THE UK's FINEST PICTURE FRAMER ?
- Replies: 78
- Views: 30987
Re: THE UK's FINEST PICTURE FRAMER ?
.............seeing that I live in Cape Town, which just happens to be beyond the UK boundaries, I absolutely loved reading this thread !!!!!!!!!!
They are obviously not visited by the greeble or flumb boykie..........prospero wrote:Free from impurities.
- Fri 08 Apr, 2011 7:12 pm
- Forum: After Hours
- Topic: the forgotten tea bag!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8069
Re: the forgotten tea bag!
2 teabags per cup for me ...... strong with three sugars thanks !!!! ( must be earl grey )
- Tue 29 Mar, 2011 6:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pewter onto a mirror
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1664
Re: Pewter onto a mirror
Thanks guys - I like the backing with tabs idea - might be a mission cutting out all the wings and twirly bits in the design but makes sense in the event of the mirror breaking.............
- Tue 29 Mar, 2011 10:05 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pewter onto a mirror
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1664
Pewter onto a mirror
Client brought in an art nouveau design in pewter - she it wants placed on the surface of a mirror - the hollows at the rear are filled with wax - Question - do I use silicone gel or no-more-nails or something else ? - can one stain no-more-nails black ? the thickness of the glass is obviously going...
- Thu 10 Mar, 2011 6:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Garden Mirrors
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3138
Re: Garden Mirrors
I have done numerous outdoor mirrors and have five of my own, 3 of which get full weather treatment - rain wind sun the whole toot - BUT I used a synthetic moulding, not wood because wood is no good here. (7cm flat synthetic which I painted and sealed to work with the surroundings) Ran a bead of sil...
- Tue 08 Mar, 2011 11:04 am
- Forum: After Hours
- Topic: My home town! :-)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3255
Re: My home town! :-)
Don't know them at all - I was just amazed at what they did here with a camera (I think.....)
- Mon 07 Mar, 2011 8:20 pm
- Forum: After Hours
- Topic: My home town! :-)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3255
- Fri 25 Feb, 2011 8:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What black filler?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2752
Re: What black filler?
dash of cake flour + dash of pva glue = dash of black acrylic paint : mix into a thickish paste . I normally apply the paste with the finger and wipe off excess with a damp paper towel ( the 'dough' sets rock hard - used this 'dough' for small kids 30yrs ago when teaching art and my wife still has a...
- Tue 15 Feb, 2011 11:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: morso pushing problem
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5338
Re: morso pushing problem
I took in four sets of blades for sharpening (including one reversible set) and when I got them back they were all stuffed up and performed like this - pushing the moulding outwards at the last trim - I eventually took some abrasive paper, stuck it to a thick piece of mirror lying flat on the work b...
- Mon 03 Jan, 2011 6:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Framing a 3000 piece jigsaw
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6368
Re: Framing a 3000 piece jigsaw
puzzle on a board - second board same size on top of puzzle - Masking tape to hold the two boards together - flip over - remove tape bits - remove what was the bottom board - sticky board ( I make my own with something I get called ME Glue - paint board with roller and glue - allow to dry to sticky ...
- Sun 02 Jan, 2011 4:27 pm
- Forum: After Hours
- Topic: Ashes Latest
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3094
Re: Ashes Latest
Reads almost like an SA team- Strauss Trott Pietersen PriorNigel Nobody wrote:a really first class team!
- Tue 28 Dec, 2010 6:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Floating panel
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4164
Re: Floating panel
cold laminate the image to the Acrylic How is this done, if I may ask - I have looked at the Diasec method of floating a print ( it has to be done by a printing company ) but is prohibitively expensive Diasec - the print is laminated to the perspex with a silicone adhesive and this is then laminate...
- Fri 24 Dec, 2010 8:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Christmas from Downunder!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2400
Re: Happy Christmas from Downunder!
Not quite so far down under but blessings to you Ormond and also northwards to that cold spot from sunny Cape Town. Remember the words of Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull - "the Christmas spirit is not what you drink "
- Fri 24 Dec, 2010 5:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Turpentine /White Spirit??
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6173
Re: Turpentine /White Spirit??
I always have a can of WD-40 or equivalent for the cutters - one company I used to buy glass from has half-cans with paraffin/kerosene with the cutters standing in them
- Sat 18 Dec, 2010 7:16 pm
- Forum: After Hours
- Topic: snow report
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8829
Re: snow report
Cape Town - Snowing heavily all the time (on Sky and Euronews )- outside 28 degrees - not driving anywhere - too good in the pool in the back yard - no hot tea - just cold sauvignon blanc
Sorry !
expecting to see a friend from St Ives Cornwall on Monday - hope she gets out of there tomorrow.
Sorry !
expecting to see a friend from St Ives Cornwall on Monday - hope she gets out of there tomorrow.
- Thu 25 Nov, 2010 9:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Typical Turnaround ?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6227
Re: Typical Turnaround ?
normally 2 weeks - some wait up to 4weeks - some get the finished job in a day or two ( depending on who it is and what the job is worth) As for disturbances during the day - My door remains shut ( I work from home ) on a Wednesday and Friday so that work is not interrupted but I find that good old ...
- Tue 23 Nov, 2010 7:04 pm
- Forum: After Hours
- Topic: All say "ahhhh" - just for the animal lovers
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6920
Re: All say "ahhhh" - just for the animal lovers
Wife with Gaudi the Goldie