More progress

Yesterday I went over to Partridge Green to view Sue Bartle's work in the exhibition 'Liquid Line'. It is the end of an art course show and I was very impressed by Sue's work in particular. Her charcoal drawing of the head and shoulders of a life model was a real triumph. Very bold and perceptive. I would have preferred to see the students work grouped by their work, rather than by the elements of the course - it would have been interesting to see each individual’s development.

An afternoon walk along Southwick Beach was very blustery. My Mother and I stood for a while to watch the massive rolling white waves breaking on a cerulean sea with a heavy leaden sky over the Downs behind. Crazy windsurfers battled out to catch the changing winds.

Today it was back to The Workshop. Thankfully the contractors are digging up the gas main everywhere. Pneumatic drills and the generator are drowning out any sound I make with machine tools.

Today I worked on the chopping and breadboards so that I can deliver the pending orders. The Hornbeam (i.e. as hard as horn) is also known as Iron Wood for good reason. The chopping board is very slowly taking shape. It is my favorite so far. Somewhat easier to work are the two sycamore bread boards. This is the traditional wood for breadboards - possibly you had one at home as a child, often they were carved with the word BREAD and wheatsheafs decorated the outer edge. Sanding sycamore is like sanding silk. The grain is very easy to bring up and by 6.00pm tonight one was ready to deliver to Sharon. I really hope she likes it.

Photos to follow when I get the u/load issue fixed.