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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.

Yesterday was P’s birthday! I took the day off work because there was a lot
to do. I spun more of the Seattle blend, carded more Tunis, and finished
the drafting for the box pleat skirt. After lunch we went to east liberty
and I got my drivers license renewed (...it expired back in November), and
then we went to the Goodwill and picked out a spoon for the jar, and I got
a replacement dye/soap pot. We went shopping at the Shadyside market
district and got some A+ sass from the cheese guy, and also lots of
Katie-snacks. Then we went out to dinner! A very rare occasion for me, but
Driftwood makes all their pizzas from sourdough and P is on first name
terms with the guys who run the place. J wasn’t convinced they could
actually do me a pizza that wouldn’t burn, but N came out and offered an
eggplant-based vegan pie and it was DELICIOUS. The chili oil was a little
challenging for my system but it was totally worth it.

P got some really nice lights for the emergency kit from his parents, and a
Leach book on pottery from me, and a bunch of quality time. A good birthday
was had by all!