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September 24, 2005
Studio Saturday: life's too good
Notice I didn't say "litho's too good".
Here's the new image on the stone; I printed the first colour yesterday (about ten prints leaf green and ten prints dirt orange) and it looks like shite, but I'm not too worried. It'll all come together. After I burned a ton of my lovely water wash off with a measly three drops of acid per ounce of gum, Carmon told me that everything etches hotter in this climate than it does in Windsor and I have to adjust for that. Great.
So me and my new squeeze, the Takach press, went on our first date yesterday and I have to say that so far I don't like him as much as my old boyfriend Griffin. He definitely has some traits that bug me, most notably one of those stupid little knobs you have to turn to disengage the bed, when I prefer presses with the big handle underneath so you actually have to pull it and hear it go kachung. We'll be spending the next three years together, so I'm sure he'll grow on me. It's just that Griffin and I knew each other intimately, and he knew how to please me. Takach, he's just a fumbler by comparison.
But I don't really want to talk about the studio today. Because, this just in: the BEST THING that could possibly happen for me and the people I love has happened.
Four years ago Peter and I moved to Windsor when he got his job at the university, which meant that we were not living in the same town as his kids anymore. When we all lived in the same town he would have the kids every other weekend but also see them all the time in between, visiting and going out for supper and taking them to their sports things, and just general dad stuff. Now that we live two hours away he only sees them every other weekend, and it's been really, really hard. This month Pete's son Dylan moved in to our house in order to finish his last year of high school in Windsor, but Claire and her mom are still two hours away in London.
Peter's ex-wife just received her Master of Divinity in the spring and has been waiting to get a placement in a parish, and desperately hoping (we all have) that it would not be any further from Peter than she already is. Well, she got a parish, and it's a half an hour drive from our house. So as of November first Pete will be able to see Claire more often than every two weeks again, and just know that she is closer. Also, Claire has just had her older brother move away from home, and it will be great for her to be closer to him again too. I can't even tell you how ecstatic I am. It's just the best thing that could happen. Congratulations, Loretta.
Posted by jodi at September 24, 2005 08:55 AM | categories: in the studio
Comments
That image is beauuuuuuuuutiful! I'm jealous... and I just got my sketchpad out. You inspired me. I need to make images! But I have no printing possibilities so I'll go for drawing today. Nice break from all the knitting I've been doing lately... ;)
Posted by: Lisa at September 24, 2005 09:42 AM
Yeah for Loretta, that is great. We will definitly have to try and visit them when we can. I can imagine how excited Pete must be. The image looks great too.
Posted by: Krista at September 24, 2005 10:39 AM
i love what you did with that amazing photo
Posted by: kath at September 24, 2005 09:28 PM
hey sweetie. what great news. am so happy for you and pete and the kids. write soon .love m
Posted by: mom at September 25, 2005 07:53 PM
Why do you people sound so civilized? Don't you realize he's divorced? Isn't his ex-wife supposed to be EVIL incarnate?
I'm so jealous of people with healthy relationships, but then I get to be the one who is evil incarnate, and it's a tough reputation to live up to.
Posted by: Snowball at September 26, 2005 06:09 PM