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Started new proj:  Rubber stamp.  Chopped out a chunk and considered trying my red uakari monkey face logo then bagged the idea.  I figure I need to start with a less complicated thing to carve.

… so I went with text only.  I printed it in reverse and normally so I could have a reference of what it would look like during and after carving.

I got it traced onto the rubber block by penciling-in the logo on tracing paper and rubbing it onto the block.  Then came the carving.  Then came the delicious slicing.  Then came the me getting carried away.  Then came … I gotta start over.  Ha ha.  Moral:  Don’t drink and carve intricate rubber blocks with razors.  I’m fine but the block is quite rogered.

Pile of debris.  Ha.  It was fun to scrape it all off and plan a new attack on the reverse side.  yay.  Good night and Happy VD!!

Here’s the Cubs clingy I made on Day 06 of 29.  It turned out great and sticks to the sliding-glass door like a champ.  I’m going to make some reversal clingys for my pals’ cars.  Go Cubs!

Fun with plastic!!  And … er … and toothpicks.  After glazing the donut for Thing-A-Day 02 there was a glop of the magic Liquitex™ Gloss Medium & Varnish on the dish that I carefully peeled off and stuck to the window.  It clung like a clingy just as I expected it to.  Sooooo … I’m letting rip a full-on clingy proj to celebrate 100 years of failure of my beloved Cubs.  Start:  The red part of the logo in acrylic applied to a take-out BBQ beans lid with a toothpick.  I ain’t a hippy but talk about re-use!

Okey … here’s the blue part of the logo.

And I here’s the gloss medium.  Looks like … er … goddang.  I ferget.

Clingy-Thingy is almost dry.  I ain’t gonna touch it until later to ensure that it’s dry. So for now … enjoy semi-opacity on the beans takeaway dish.

I’ll trim it and peel (joy) and cling it to the winda.  Will share that image later.

Peace out!

-jhj