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September 1, 2019

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Ai ki do lessons on zoom: much easier to throw an

Ai ki do lessons on zoom: much easier to throw an imaginary opponent, but so much harder to hide your dodgy footwork from Shihan.
So grateful to Okami Kai Martial arts and fitness for keeping the teaching going all these months. I risk being stronger and fitter at the end of all this, which is kinda embarrassing.
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#okamikai #okamikaimartialarts #workinprogess #bestteachersever #training #aikido

Riding the bumps in the stone . . #workinprogess

Riding the bumps in the stone
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#workinprogess #lettercutting #wildstone #lettering

A roll of sharp chisels, a pot of tea and a nice

A roll of sharp chisels, a pot of tea and a nice patch of shade - lettercutters heaven.
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#workinprogess #lettering #lettercutting #morningtea #studiolife

Squatters rights. This plant will just have to wai

Squatters rights. This plant will just have to wait to be potted up.
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#beautiful #gardening #patience

The Spouse makes sculpture too, different snack br

The Spouse makes sculpture too, different snack bracket though...
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#fordgt #madeinmarkham #multimatic #teamwork #shiny #illkeepthedodgecaravan

Half sculpture, half shadow. . . #workinprogess #g

Half sculpture, half shadow.
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#workinprogess #glassandwood #glasssculpture #studiolife #delicate

The chaos of starting . . #newwork #glassandwood #

The chaos of starting
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#newwork #glassandwood #balticplywood #glasssculpture #workinprogess

This is a repost of an image from Bristol, UK afte

This is a repost of an image from Bristol, UK after the toppling of the statue of a local 'worthy' who was a notorious human trafficker. I love the sign propped against the plinth. Some of the euphemisms are British but the gist is clear. It reads -
" Edward Colston..'tripped and fell', he was a 'cheat' and a ' benefits scrounger'. He was in the 'wrong neighbourhood'. Colston was a 'criminal' with a 'past'. 17 protestors have been 'suspended'. We predict it will take 5 decades to topple the suspects.'
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#turnthetables #tellthetruth #stopglorifyingrats #admitwherethewealthcamefrom
#enoughisenough

This is like playing with your food I guess, in th

This is like playing with your food I guess, in theory I'm making a new series of frames, in practice I'm noodlin'.
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#workinprogess #balticplywood #playtime

I've come to think of 5/8 as a stunning result in

I've come to think of 5/8 as a stunning result in my daily struggle with the Great British Art Quiz. But today's gallery - Aberdeen art gallery, was not impressed.
Crushed again.
A quiz set by a different currently closed UK art gallery each day, found in the culture section of The Guardian (if this sounds like your idea of a good time)
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#arthistory #nottoogreat #butnotacompletedisaster #greatbritishartquiz

Next 4 doors are ornamented, put together, sanded

Next 4 doors are ornamented, put together, sanded and ready for a first fit.
Am finally caught up with the spouse, who knocked up a couple of raised beds, built a compost heap and helped his Son-in-law build a deck while waiting for me to complete my part of the program.
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#covid19doorbuild #doingitourselves #sandyhousebuild
#reclaimedwood
#recycle
#imarriedacompulsivewoodprocessor

Flowers shared by friends are the best. . . #iris

Flowers shared by friends are the best.
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#iris #garden

#whatisthistrangething #longtimenosee #gettingba

#whatisthistrangething
#longtimenosee
#gettingbacktooldways
#bluesky

Pandemic Pause New work in glass and wood . . #gla

Pandemic Pause
New work in glass and wood
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#glassandwood #sculpture #pandemicart #greenandgrey #suspended #movement

The Spouse is making progress on his door project:

The Spouse is making progress on his door project: the smallest room gets a swanky colour show
Three doors are now hung, 3 more ready to go in, and 6 in production....
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#covid19doorbuild #imarriedacompulsivewoodprocessor
#reclaimedwood #doingitourselves #sandyhousebuild #glassandwood

My Ma is not a big fan of Mothers Day - to be hon

My Ma is not a big fan of Mothers Day - to be honest, she's not great on birthdays or Christmas either. What she is is the one who comes to stay and asks 'what have you got for me to do?' and by that she means sewing, cooking, gardening or mucking in with a studio job. If you live nearby, she'll knit you a sweater, sew you a frock, or make a plate of flapjack. Her kids and grandkids houses are full of curtains and cushions she has made, endless darned clothes, and our gardens look better too.
I like Mothers day even if she doesn't! .
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#myamazingma

Snow in the temporary Dojo, but Aikido must go on

Snow in the temporary Dojo, but Aikido must go on.
So good to keep up with the Okami Kai crew for our regular classes.
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#okamikaimartialarts #okamikai #aikido #snowinmay #doingwhatittakes #2020

We've decided to keep the spare copper plumbing pi

We've decided to keep the spare copper plumbing pipe embedded in the mechanical room door: 'in case of a plumbing emergency - break door'.
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#workinprogess #covid19doorbuild #sandyhousebuild
#doingitourselves
#accessorizingwithplumbing

My current palette... . . #workinprogess #glass #g

My current palette...
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#workinprogess #glass #glassandwood #glasssculpture

Some you win, some you lose... the seemed-like-a-g

Some you win, some you lose... the seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time, grain-free, simnel-type cupcake, needs quite a bit of work.
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#needswork #workinprogess #happytohavecake #grainfree #easter

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