My current avoidance: my studio is a mess and I really need to clear space on my work surfaces.  It may even be time to get rid of some of the wonderful “stuff” that never quite seems to work out in my art projects. Not to mention that fimo clay and pasta maker that I really do not plan to ever use again!

But …  when I start to tidy/organize/clean my studio, I quickly run across such tempting incomplete projects that call for my immediate attention!

Here I added a delicate touch of color to a three plate black ink print “Three Flowers” that is from 2015.

Another distraction yesterday & today was to make molds and cast a clay “doodle” made by my partner, Michael.

I like this small sculptural doodle very much, and a friend who visited admired it also.  It is a fairly simple shape to mold & cast (vs. the complex and so far intractable problem of casting my oil based clay baby). No idea yet how I will manage that!  So for practice and to get quick satisfaction (I hope), I  made a construction silicone inner mold with a 2-part plaster mother mold, sealed it with shellac, and just poured lightly tinted plaster just now.  Call it casual casting 🙂

This was much more fun than clearing the studio, and it will be even more fun to open up the mold tomorrow morning, if I can wait that long…

And now it is 6pm on Friday:   half past a beer, and I think we have chips & dip handy, so … that will certainly take care of cleaning for today!