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Has it ever been a while. Oh goodness.
Been up to a good deal of this and that.
It’s been a lovely spring here in Boston,
And now the heat is coming on. S’ok.

Show/Tell:

Mid May Twilight on the Chuck
Skulking ’round the Public Garden
Bukowski’s, period.
Setting the lights for a bit of magicks.
Fenway, after hours.
Magna Mater
Noshin’ & Joshin’, THE Mr. Bear making a cameo.
Near home, and these leaves glowing bright
Quabapple.
Silvery morning in Back Bay
Trumpeting the Scaffolding removal- looking lovely.
My neighbor: The Plum.
Casual Reading.
Fascinating Reading.
switch: flipped.



Work (the 9-5) has been interesting: and I’ve been learning new skills generally out of necessity. Previous specialty service providers have been retiring, so where applicable I’ve tried to do what I can. Frame repair and in-painting. Mouldmaking for decorative scrollwork on frames. Also: I’ve been up to a very small amount of artwork restoration for a few clients as well. Color matching is very challenging for me, but I’m getting better. I’d share photos but those objects aren’t mine to publish, I err towards consideration/privacy.

yet/however; here are a few I do feel OK sharing:

miniature practice.
underpainting the frame. And using the matte excess for a tiny ab-ex.
WIP: gilding added to the underpainted. And the abstraction is a poppy.
A source moulding that I cast a portion of the pattern to make a copy for a missing piece.
a line up the materials and process. air dry clay and a bone folder to add details lost in the sampling.
detail of the replacement segment
wet mounting vintage packing paper for miniature wallpapering
making miniatures for this reclaimed whiskey crate that will in time be a dollhouse for my niece. :]
rough infill of reclaimed frames for making epiphytic plants
epiphytic plant. A Staghorn fern, genus platycerium. The dead leaves form a protective layer around the rhizomes of the plant. The long green ones make spores, eventually.
Staghorn hung on it’s frame mount in the gallery for a bit of scale/context.

A plentiful potpourri of play.

I’m getting better at hand-cutting matboards too. It stresses me out so much. Sharp objects and perfect lines while also applying a direct intense force… I understand the use of CNC technology. But this is how it was done generally all the time previously.

And that’s it for now. There’s plenty more, it’s just…
If I drop it all here, what else will I infrequently write about?
Oh, I think next time I’ll take you on a terraria tour.

But until then…

Ian Babylon,
Over and Out.