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June 06, 2005
wicker
i was looking at photos of this year's big houston art car parade, mostly looking for ideas. i have some vague ideas of what i'd like to do with the top of 9westy-- a sort of openwork sculpture along the lines of these incredible wrought-iron beetles, but wrought iron isn't a practical material for me to work in for about a million reasons. so i had this thought last night that maybe i could use wicker. i could collect old junked wicker furniture pieces, extract the bits i like, and coat them with epoxy or fiberglass resin to make them sturdy and weatherproof, then construct a shape out of them.
anyway, i wanted to write that down so i don't forget.
Posted by lisa at June 06, 2005 09:07 AM | TrackBack
Comments
whoa. that wrought iron is INCREDIBLE!
Posted by: christa on June 6, 2005 02:32 PM
wicker is an excellent idea, I bet that will look really cool. maybe you could do some testing on cheap wicker: apply your weatherproofing and then leave them out in the yard & see how they hold up.
Posted by: Sarah on June 7, 2005 06:55 AM
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.