Thank you Ben! We worked really hard and did a big trip to the skip, and when it was swept and washed down, it was perfect to use as a summer studio for my encaustic experiments. I should have taken some 'before' photos to compare it with, because it really was a terrible eye-sore!
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So this is a view looking out of the conservatory onto the veranda. I relocated my sewing station here when my large format printer arrived and I couldn't fit my sewing stuff in my studio any more.
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And here is the encaustic bench, situated near the trellis because you need good ventilation.
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My hot plate arrived at last, so I got to work making a batch of wax/damar resin medium. I had to be patient because it took over 24hrs to melt it slowly (or it becomes brittle).
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Dandy's best mate, Donnie Darko (otherwise known as Scrappy Do) came to check it out and give me a hard stare.
He can't help himself; he's a jack russel/poodle cross and he's really manic and intense!