On Tuesday, I met with Vincent from Ferrum to discuss my next placement. I don’t want to work there. He was lovely, but the workshop is smaller and doesn’t have a foundry, which I was under the impression it did.
On Wednesday, I finally finished painting the mammoth sculpture. Cool.
On Thursday, I made two planters. That was a job I worked on by myself! I asked a lot of questions, and Charlie, one of my coworkers, supervised me closely. But it’s cool! I was using a massive machine that bends sheets of metal. That one is quite tricky to use because it’s old!
Through that process, I taught myself that there is an art to doing things very accurately. Designing and determining measurements and angles is one thing, and being able to fabricate them is another. Thank god for big machines that you can set accurately and repeat the same action many times.
Even though it was an easy project, I still made mistakes… :/ I was the only one mad at myself, though.
This week I felt better because I determined what I want: to quit my restaurant job and learn more about casting and mould making. Now I just need to get myself there.
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