Potting bench

Posted on May 16, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bench, bench life, Gardening, Life, Moss, potting on, rotted, tables, Trains, Varnish, Wood4 Comments

“We should be sitting on this!”

“But I need a table to pot on”

“Yes, but you have one”

“But it’s got my trains on”

“Well can you move them?”

“No, I’m making a layout, I got some ‘n’ gauge stock” “I want to build it up”.

Sigh, “OK but the plants can go in the garden, the bench needs varnish or something to protect it”.

I didn’t mention to hubby that the last bench was treated in the same way, the wood rotted and the bench collapsed. I bought new wooden slats, but ‘someone’ (hubby), nailed them on to something else….

Varnish!

Posted on September 16, 2022September 16, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Annoying, Fine Art, flaky paint, Hair, Paint, Painting, Varnish, Wet4 Comments

Argh! I started putting eyelets on the back of my paintings and the paint started to flake off! I don’t know why, but I think because it’s a different type of canvas. So I repainted the patches where it came off. Then I had the ‘brilliant’ idea to varnish it.

First get the top off the varnish bottle. It’s one of those push down and twist types. That took half an hour. Then paint it on. But one of my hairs fell on it! I tried to lift off the hair and the paint flaked again. So, a few more dabs of paint mixed in with the varnish. It was due in today. It might not get there! And I’m left with gummy hands.

On the bottle oven art trail.

Posted on May 8, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic paint, Art, Art trail, bid art trail, Design, falcon planter, Goss works, painted planter, Varnish6 Comments

I delivered my varnished bottle oven planter to the BID Art-trail today. Here’s the photo to prove it. See their website : https://thestoke2000.co.uk/artisan/?v=79cba1185463

I don’t think my photo is on yet but there are some really good images of around fifty bottle oven planters.

There is enough space in the top of the planter to fit a small pot. I think once the art trail display exhibition is over and I get it back I will plant it up with a strawberry plant or some trailing lobelia.

Varnish

Posted on November 10, 2020November 10, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic cler varnish, Art, Blogging, Bottle, Glass, Junk, Pens, Poem, Poetry, Vanish, VarnishLeave a comment

Varnish and stuff

An old bulb

Some pens

A ttube of salon?

Detritus in a glass

Collected then forgotten

Why don’t I throw you away

Why can’t I let go?

So you mean so much.

Should I keep you

Or let you vanish?

Child’s mural

Posted on February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on walls, Acrylics, Art, Blogging, Cartoon characters, Fun, Life, Murals, VarnishLeave a comment

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I did this mural of Mr Incredible about nine or ten years ago for someone’s son. The paint is acrylic because it’s easy to apply and dries within hours. I think it’s also quite stable. I used clear matt varnish over it and left about a centimeter margin of varnish all around the figure so the paint would not lift off. I’ve recently done a new mural for the family in their new house. I found out recently that my original murals (there were three others, Batman, Spiderman, and Superman) were painted over. Sad I know, but at least I gave some fun to the family while they were there.

Mallaband-Brown

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