it was really cool. we saw them the other day but today they were eating bananas from the tree near the shop so i was able to get close to them and they were to interested in the bananas to be bothered with me. so i was able to get within six feet of them! they were the half-pint toucans not the guinness toucans scale. they are around here somewhere too but to see such a strange bird up close is great. they have such lovely colours on them and their beaks have strange patterns on.
as well as that. as i said before i was processing some white clay i dug up. so i came to thinking i needed a few tools for working the clay.
after making a few nice wood tools yesterday i got to thinking. maybe some nice metal ones to work on the finer details? so about two hours later- i now have three double-ended metal modelling tools the likes of which i would pay twenty euro each for in ireland.
all i needed was a bit of small gauge rebar, a hammer, an anvil, a bench grinder, a few cloth backed sandpaper shards and a bit of stick to bend the finer tool heads around.
now i can get to work.
happy new year everyone!!! missing you loads! hope that all your dreams come true this year!
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Dee! They are amazing!! Well done and have fun with the clay :o)
Thoughts on firing....?
firing? a nice hot fire of course. there is an exact science to it but basic firing can be done with a nice hot fire and moving the piece closer to the fire to get it used to the heat.then cover the picein the hot coals/ashes and wait. maybe keeping fire going on top of it.
delighted to read your blog. The toucans are wonderful, and as for the tools - I'm amazed. They look like bought tools. well done! And all the best with the work. Lots of love and here's to a really happy and productive New Year to you and Zee. Mum.
Great work Dee. Keep it going. Dad
Hey Travelling Uncle Dee and Auntie Zee - can u bring me back a Guinness Bird ?! Love Liam xx
What an amazing time you are having guys ! :o) Thanks for the images of the spiders bro..... although spideys that eat each other are my kind of spidey ! The tools are amazing Dee, well done :o) And Zee - you must be very brave (or very crazy..?) to swim in a croc river !
Love to you both and happy happy new year to you xxx Big Sis Niamh
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