It seems like years ago that I started a three-gourd project consisting of one large gourd and two smaller ones carved and burned with matching patterns. Then my ADHD (Attention Defecit in High Def) took over and went wild from Anasazi baskets to picnic basket weaves to Faeries. Yes, I said
faeries! But I have finally found a way that I thought I could merge them all into a combination that made some sort of sense. So I finished the small ones with some clear polyurethane. Except that it didn't come out clear. It was a horrible yellow! So i went out and removed the finish and was ready to do a coat of something that was truly clear.
It was looking good. And then it happened - I dropped the dang slippery thing. It just kind of squirted out of my hand, shooting down onto the wooden floor of the work shop . . . and cracked! Broke the back of my gourd. Disaster!
Oh, well. Easy come, easy go. I am onto another gourd project. More faeries and less basket. Actually,
no basket. Now that I have had time to really think about how I want to do this set I can start again and make them better. A painful blessing in disguise. But a hint - the new ones are coming along much faster and better now that I know what I really want in these.
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