So now the bottom two layers of the egg, lips and tongues are done, I will now be working on layer three of the stitching element, and I have decided to add a stitched stem to the egg for the purposes of making the chair comfortable to sit on.

The lengha has been bought, it is on its way from India, the Trishul currently on offer is a bit expensive, so I will be waiting to get a bigger one that I can afford, or I will stitch that too if it is too much money.

Going to get the whisky barrel to start work on it tomorrow.

Layer three is far more intricate and there is a lot of stabilising work to do on the layers I have now done.  I am also awaiting some stuff from China to put the finishing touches on when the next part is done.

Need some Harris tweed yarn and will be contacting my friend for more variations of that.  It is extremely helpful for top level sculpting.

May need another Lengha or a sari or two if I can find something appropriate, but for now things are looking good.  The lips are gorgeous.

Looking forward to doing some resin work, as it makes the rest of my life far easier when it gets to that stage.  Stitching is intense focus and very long hours, resin is patience and about an hour a day for weeks or sometimes months.

Decided not to go with the Ohms.

This is a truly epic task.  Cried a bit this morning because I liked Little Shiva so much, and it was such a waste. It is not a case of being unable to move on so much as – that moment of intensity had never happened before and it will not be happening again.  It is a shame.

Never mind.

Thinking of finishing Iain Duncan Smith is Fit for Work before doing the edges of the above, since I am really just making Haram Bawbag for fun now.

The photos don’t really do it justice at all, it is really fun in natural light due to the heavy use of glass and mother of pearl.

The lock and key thing was obviously gender related, but it referred to the dude’s previous relationship, which as you can see was a bit broken.

Currently working on Little Shiva’s lips for The Many Tongues of Little Shiva.  The tongues have now got to stage three, but this means another couple of weeks on more detailed embroidery when I finally get the metallics finished and then I will have to do some more finishing work on the central egg, which weighs a ton now.

I think my solution for the base is going to be a whisky barrel, which I will resin and bead.  I will be creating it in two parts, because it will probably take three people to move it when it is finished!

I can finish a few items whilst I am doing that, but I am getting tired of sewing now, so I am looking forward to making the windows and starting the long, long resin process.

Changing jobs now,  doing some stuff for that software giant alongside my usual stuff, and the job I was relying on to get a lot of artwork done is speeding up quite a bit.

Apart from that, very glad to be done with the previous chapter of life in general as it was not a safe period at all. Still worrying about Bawbag, but there is no point or relevancy in talking about it terribly much.  I am not sure I have felt quite so positive about my decision making for several years.

Sometimes there is nothing you can do, and my friends are right.  I should really just bite the bullet and hit on Boris.  We were made for each other.  I am not sure why, but I think they are probably right.

Doing some pro photography and computer geekery tomorrow.

This is the sad story of a piece that will not be together.  It will not be together because the dude I was making it for was yet another titanic dickhead, which ironically is what the piece was about.

As you can see from the tabletop, the fact that the tabletop will never meet the base is not entirely surprising.  A seasoned viewer will also note that it was the story of a fractured relationship, so it is entirely appropriate that the tabletop will now be used for other things.

It is about 66 percent done, the tabletop is to get some glass, and a few bells and whistles for the edging, but progress so far is encouraging, and I put a few smart food gags into the design.

The Base was a bit further on than the pic by the time I abandoned it, it had some interesting fabric work and the leaves were more prolific, the embossed design had been started, despite the efforts of the prospective owner, who became oddly jealous of it, not me, but it, and started doing things like metal grinding next to it, which caused a bit of damage, but nothing that particularly bothered me, since the thing was being done to enable me to get to know the dude in the first place.

Get to know him I did, and it was not a pretty sight.  I have trusted people in the past when they have been in trouble, but I am afraid my faith was in error this time.  It proved impossible to be friends with a person who doesn’t know what that is.

Anyway, I will use the tabletop for other things, and the unfinished base, which is not really suitable for purpose since I did not get to secure the work from the inevitable ravages it will get sitting in a public place.  It should have had several finishing coats to make sure it was health and safety suitable, but now probably wont last terribly long.

Shame, but it was probably haram anyway.

Ina

I told a very rich man he was worthless today.  He laughed hysterically as if this could not possibly be true.  He does not understand basic values.  As such he is the poorest person I have ever met.

He has managed to get himself into a spot of bother here, as he does not understand the culture he has been living in for over a decade.  He believes that people are taken in by his bonhomie.  He is mistaken.

So that is how I have spent the last few weeks, providing friendship for someone who does not understand what it is, and providing free artwork for someone who neither understands nor values it.  I have wasted time I could have spent on something worthwhile.  I was mistaken.

Dem’s the breaks.  In the meantime Little Shiva’s piece is going very well.

Ina

Well I appear to be heavily involved in doing some public work at last, so things are pretty busy at the moment.

Little Shiva, who is still watching the blog very closely despite my having selfishly neglected updating in ages, will be happy to know we are reaching the end of stage one of the chair.  In a week or so I will be starting the next part, which is  the shell.  You are very loyal in your own funny way.

Then it will be the tongues, and the shell will take a couple of months to build.  I also have to make the windows and find something for the base.

W0rking crazy hours at the moment and hoping to launch the superfood soon, although I will probably do it under another name.

I miss you.

Ina

Little Shiva has elected not to bother speaking, so I guess he intends to check the website daily forever whilst not having the balls to actually speak.  You don’t either get what you want or move on that way, sorry.

The lining is now looking okay, although some adjustments to the base design will have to be made before waterproofing and preparing it for the windows.

I also have to do the tongues, which will take up quite a bit of time, and given the weight at this point, I think I will have to think quite carefully about where to resin it.  I do not want it stuck in the studio forever because I cannot get it out of the door!

The base of the egg, which I will be working on from next week, is still in the early stages, and the carpet parts have not been done yet either, which is holding up other work as I want the chair to be the new centerpiece of the collections.

I still haven’t located something strong enough for the base of it.  I will work on this once I am working less than 15 hours a day.

Still lonely.  Time for a new direction. I have an excellent idea for a new story.

I haven’t posted in what seems like ages.  I have been worried about other things.

Work is going well in several respects and I am reasonably happy with direction at the moment.

Little Shiva’s chair is going very well, and I think the lining will be complete in the next two weeks or so.  Many thanks to my sponsors for that.

I need to do a little bit of writing, and am about to do a large amount of research in and around the city. This should be interesting and the most organised piece of work I have done in a while.

I would like to speak to Staring Brat 2.  I know this is highly unlikely, but recent events have shown me that I should request this anyway.  The email is at the bottom of the page should he wish to get in touch.

Very tired tonight, so that will have to do.

Ina