At the beginning of December, I went to Poland. I went to different museums in Poznań and Gdańsk. It was pretty inspiring.
I feel like I need to abandon myself in a way. I worry too much about WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?! It was so calm to just watch other people’s work.
Maybe that is why I like working on theatre props. Not working on my things.
I Ufff…. I do not like breaks… December was hard. Not only was my beloved James not there, due to personal reasons, but it was also pretty quiet. Not much work as theatres are not working on new shows before Christmas. So! there was just Charlie and I! We cleaned, organised. I made a rack for our hammers… I also got a new welding mask! It used to belong to a man who was Charlie’s favourite. (He did not say that out of his own will. I asked him who his favourite is.Tom left for Australia ages ago, and now his name has been wiped off just so I can put MY name on it.
I hope one day I will be as good as Tom.
At Christmas, I was sick. I also fell in love! So the beginning of January was so exciting. SO much work to do! I was in the best mood! That didn’t last long bc the love didn’t last… tough
I realised that the mood affects the quality of my work a lot. It seems like it doesn’t matter how many times I have TIG-welded stainless steel before. A new project with a shitty mood is going to come out like the first time. I feel like all the practice that I am getting is going nowhere… but it is not super discouraging. Welding is ZEN! It is about getting comfortable. Less is more, and quick and swift is better.
After a chat with Chole, I think I will do a bunch of research for my SIP. My perception was that if I’m doing craft, it is already better than mass production + metal is recyclable, so I’m in the “safe” area. NO! Processing metal uses a LOT of energy, which is often not green. If we want to go green, we would have to mine and process a lot of copper, which would produce a lot of emissions and disrupt the environment it is excavated from. All of it is very curious, and I’m left with a lot of questions. Philosophical and practical. Is the most sustainable thing to do NOTHING, not produce, not process? Possibly… but I would be really fucking miserable. Does that make me selfish and a hypocrite? Then there are more practical questions about the properties of metal. (I like to think all of them have personality and character… I feel like I’m really getting to know them as I’m working on them.) Steel is the popular girl of the bunch; everyone likes them! Everyone likes to work with them. They are easy going, sometimes they like to joke (like when you weld it and don’t clamp it, it will move a lot! And stand funny, wonky, because she’s goofy like that) Aluminium is a total bitch, she’s flaky. Will disappear on you, literally! Also with too much heat she swells up and gets mushy :/ LAME! Bras is like a mum. Soft and warm, I love it! But it is also toxic it will make you cry. Like a mum would.
January was a BITCH! so glad it is over.
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