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Jun. 9th, 2009 11:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zephyrofgodY'know, for mid-June, it's downright nippy. Not that I'm complaining too much, but I do miss my giant ball of incandescent gas in the afternoon, but I think I got some decent photos in. I just have to edit from my raws and I'll probably have a new set of icons if I can get some time with Photoshop in the next few days.
Confirming for the rest of the world that isn't on Facebook: I'm not going to be at Lilies. I still haven't made anywhere near what I need to make for a netbook, so Lilies is a no-go. What sucks more is that I'll be in the area the week of. Still, if people want to kidnap me, I have no qualms with this. $40 is just a little steep, that's all.
With the encaustic project, I'm thinking about using Claybord as my substrate, unless I can find a wood panel for what I want to do that's the right dimensions. I'm also going to see what I can find on leafing encaustic pieces, too. As for a hot plate, I found a standard, household electric skillet for $20, and I'm sure I can find small metal containers for paint as often as I eat soup. Cathus referred me to his beeswax supplier, and the beeswax also isn't that expensive. I'll need a couple mortars and pestles to grind damar crystals (which I also have to price - nice! A little under $8 for a POUND!), as well as researching my colours and further on pigments used. It'd be interesting to see what I can find that would be local to Byzantium, and how much of them are mineral in nature. I'd also like to see how many of them are vegetable matter, too. Lastly, I need to try and see whether a heat gun or a hair dryer would work better for my purposes (God help me, I'm at the Home Depot website. This is a red letter day). I'm hoping a hair dryer, as I don't want to spend a lot. It's not like I have money at my disposal right now. I have a general idea of what I want to paint, as well. I'm all about angels right now (my mother is going to laugh, I'm sure, given her relatively good-sized collection of angels) and I think it'll lead itself well to the project.
There aren't many people in Calontir who do iconography, and I'm kind of excited, if not a little scared. At the same point, the encaustic medium means that I can't worry too much about what I do: I have to work with gusto and get it done to the best of my abilities. And it's the process, not the end product, that is what I should be striving for.
Enough geeking. More sleeping.
Confirming for the rest of the world that isn't on Facebook: I'm not going to be at Lilies. I still haven't made anywhere near what I need to make for a netbook, so Lilies is a no-go. What sucks more is that I'll be in the area the week of. Still, if people want to kidnap me, I have no qualms with this. $40 is just a little steep, that's all.
With the encaustic project, I'm thinking about using Claybord as my substrate, unless I can find a wood panel for what I want to do that's the right dimensions. I'm also going to see what I can find on leafing encaustic pieces, too. As for a hot plate, I found a standard, household electric skillet for $20, and I'm sure I can find small metal containers for paint as often as I eat soup. Cathus referred me to his beeswax supplier, and the beeswax also isn't that expensive. I'll need a couple mortars and pestles to grind damar crystals (which I also have to price - nice! A little under $8 for a POUND!), as well as researching my colours and further on pigments used. It'd be interesting to see what I can find that would be local to Byzantium, and how much of them are mineral in nature. I'd also like to see how many of them are vegetable matter, too. Lastly, I need to try and see whether a heat gun or a hair dryer would work better for my purposes (God help me, I'm at the Home Depot website. This is a red letter day). I'm hoping a hair dryer, as I don't want to spend a lot. It's not like I have money at my disposal right now. I have a general idea of what I want to paint, as well. I'm all about angels right now (my mother is going to laugh, I'm sure, given her relatively good-sized collection of angels) and I think it'll lead itself well to the project.
There aren't many people in Calontir who do iconography, and I'm kind of excited, if not a little scared. At the same point, the encaustic medium means that I can't worry too much about what I do: I have to work with gusto and get it done to the best of my abilities. And it's the process, not the end product, that is what I should be striving for.
Enough geeking. More sleeping.
