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30 day challenge...day 5? 6?
Dec. 8th, 2012 01:04 pmNeed to keep closer count.
Most of my time, laid up with my back not cooperating, has been spent not scribing but stirring plaster.
I've now opted to dry out some of the plaster in small dabs, in the hopes that it'll dry faster. The stuff that is still in the container will continue being stirred and wetted, following![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
wyntersea's remark about the best gesso being from 30-day slaked plaster.
I did not, and do not, intend to spend my whole 30 days only stirring plaster though that would be a splendidly lazy way out of the challenge :-). I am playing with other glue combinations, and a recent scroll went out using miniatum as a size/glue base. It's not perfect, but it's the biggest gold project I've done yet. Should be able to post soon.
Plaster drops - not peppermint candies, no matter how tempting they look.
The broken-up ones are from me testing for dryness and turning them over. The small drops dried overnight, the larger dollops are still squishy in the middle.
Most of my time, laid up with my back not cooperating, has been spent not scribing but stirring plaster.
I've now opted to dry out some of the plaster in small dabs, in the hopes that it'll dry faster. The stuff that is still in the container will continue being stirred and wetted, following
wyntersea's remark about the best gesso being from 30-day slaked plaster.I did not, and do not, intend to spend my whole 30 days only stirring plaster though that would be a splendidly lazy way out of the challenge :-). I am playing with other glue combinations, and a recent scroll went out using miniatum as a size/glue base. It's not perfect, but it's the biggest gold project I've done yet. Should be able to post soon.
Plaster drops - not peppermint candies, no matter how tempting they look.
The broken-up ones are from me testing for dryness and turning them over. The small drops dried overnight, the larger dollops are still squishy in the middle.
