hmmmm, the project? well...

So the project, that I was really posting a lot about in the past week, has sort of taken a vacation. Well, not really, but have learned a few things along the way, and have begun to sort out and reroute as well as pitch a few of those early attempts. So, Rob and I are finally done with finals. And, yes, that is why the posts have slowed down. You see, if I have Rob to talk to, and things to do in general without simply avoiding studying (i.e. blogging and every other little thing I can think of to use as an excuse), I tend not to blog as much. But, don't worry, my life isn't that amazing, so they will still be posted at times, just not as frequently. But, ya, the project. Well, I have now perfected (or at least gotten wayyyyy better at the rolling of the wire frames and molding of them) the wire frames, so they go pretty quick now. This is all relative, but when you compare to when we started, it's quite fast to us. Then, the plaster part is going better, as the wire is getting better and more consistent (no large dents and things to fix). Well, before I got to this point, the plaster guinea pig spiral (which was the picture in the previous posts) seemed great. Now, I learned, that the imperfections of the wire cannot be fixed by plaster, if they are too large. Basically, lots of plaster leads to lots of cracks and wieght and problems. Soooooo, this morning, after rolling and wrapping a few much better spirals, we made the executive decision to pitch all the "old" (non-technique learned) attempts, and use only the good new ones. So, it's going, but since we pitched a lot of what we had designed before, we have no new great pictures to post, but they will be coming soon. As, although Rob pretty much thinks it's torture, he has been holding to his promise, and attempting with his self-proclaimed "non-crafting skills" to do the best. He doesn't have much skill, it's true, but he's great, and we have worked out the perfect system where I roll and then plaster the tricky parts at which time he can plaster the long straight stems. It's great, I love having him help, and I think deep down he's beginning to love it. Although, his most common and greatest excuse is that he, "doesn't want to get dirty" (now we all clearly see who is the girly one :) ) That's it for now, more to come soon....