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Yesterday I took a day off for adventures. We went to Carnegie so I could
pick out some clay tools at Standard, and I got a large loop tool and two
small ones for trimming, a wee pick/manipulator tool for smoothing the
inside crease on mug handles, some brushes, and split a set of angled trim
tools with P. Then P hung out at the coffee shop while I explored main
street, and I picked up a print from a brilliant colorist at a gallery that
only shows art from women. Home and lunch, then we went to Shadyside so P
could pick up the first part of his order at the Apple store, and I went to
Blick. I got some modeling epoxy and a fettling knife (Standard was out).

The crossword was hard! Like an old school Friday. Many false starts.

I tested out the modeling epoxy and made two signature stamps from the
positives I carved in wax last week. There was some learning curve because
for the first hour after mixing it acts as an adhesive, but I was able to
recover okay and scrape the remnants out of the carvings without damaging
them. Best impressions were at 1.5-2 hours.

I drew a template for the rib I want to make, aimed at compressing the
bottom of small forms. Might do that today.