The workload has picked up a bit since Christmas. James says there’s a lot of bullshit work—people asking for comparison quotes or for artists without really knowing what they actually want us to do. I’ve been feeling generally anxious about work as a whole—labour, getting paid for something. A lot of my friends have been looking for jobs, any jobs, and people have been coming by or calling to ask if Flux is hiring.
There was a man, an artist, whose work was absolutely beautiful. James gave him an aluminium project to weld, since he said he could weld. He wasn’t very good, so he stayed with us for only a week. :/ Then there was a girl, who was also an artist and worked for a company that was making more commercial stuff, like retail or kitchen stuff. She said it is very boring and repetitive. I believe her. She could weld! James wanted my opinion :O And I hope she didn’t stay not because I didn’t like her. 😐 She was not considerate. Really annoyed me. First of all, she made me tea in a very dirty mug. Then she came to the table I was working at to weld in front of me (wtf?? Trying to blind me??), and she was grinding onto me, with all the sparks and metal dust falling at me. I had to put a lot of effort into not being a bitch to her and staying civil or professional.
There hasn’t been loads of work otherwise, so James let me organise the workshop—which I love! I started with the kitchen area. There was a 2m-long cuboid frame left over from an art project, and a U-shaped bar being used to hang our work jackets and boiler suits. It was messy and inefficient, taking up space and making it harder to get to tools and parts.
Now we have SPACE!
After that, I’ve been going off just organising! I cleared out a lot of space and assigned various objects to their places, so now nobody has to look for anything. I love it! AND all of it has been made out of scrap OBVIOUSLY!
I also started to weld more aluminium, which James and I describe as fastidious. As straining it can be on my eyes, bc of how much focus it requires, I am enjoying it.
I am also doing stuff for myself. Some of the things I have made:
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