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Friday, May 9, 2008

Crossing Paths

It's funny how certain people come into your life at the exact right moment. In the past few months I have been getting to know someone that I went to school with 20 years ago. We did not know each other at all then, but I would definitely consider us friends this time around.

About two months ago I mentioned how I would just love o learn welding, as that area of art has so many creative ideas floating around in my brain just dying to come out. To my surprise and without any hesitation on his part, he said, "I'll teach you.". I could just feel my eyes start to sparkle with excitement.

We have not discussed it since (until a couple of days ago), so I put it in the back of my brain knowing that people are busy in their own lives and .....

Then two nights ago Pat send me an email:

"OK so I've been snooping through your website looking for some kind of logo or artwork that would translate into 3D well... not having much luck. A while back we had been discussing welding etc and you expressed interest in it. My thought was to find something that I could cut out of a couple of pieces of plate steel and then show you how to weld them together into some kind of stand/sign/artwork for your studio....
I'll be using 1/4 to 1/2" thick steel... it should be several pieces so you have something to weld, but no one piece can be bigger than about 12"x12". If you can come up with something I'll get it cut out at work as soon as I can then we'll set a date to either have you come here or I can drag my welder to your studio. Best idea I can think of is try working with pieces of cardboard and see what shapes you can stick together. They don't need to lay flat on each other, and actually would look better if they didn't. Don't worry about the welding side of it. If you end up with one joint that's too difficult I'll do that pass. Holes etc are fine but try not to involve any bending. Pat"

I get excited all over again!!! Then I rcv another email:

"Last night I doodled BRUSHED WITH MAGIC onto 3/8" plate... I hope to cut it out tonight. The letters of each word join so it will be 3 pieces of steel when I'm done.... So keep that in mind as you come up with the rest of your idea."

The excitement builds.

So last night I grab whatever piece of paper I can find and begin to doodle ideas. I am sure I will be brainstorming more today, but here is an image to give you an idea of where I am at right now.

Happy Friday!
Keep creating and smiling,
Nicci

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Posted by nicci at 5/09/2008 07:29:00 AM