Testing my model making skills to the max this morning after I slammed my studio door too quickly and my cheap plastic-framed clock fell off the wall. You would hardly notice the repair. Good job! ;-D

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Having fun with Apoxie Clay, a new (to me) epoxy putty like Milliput but comes in big tubs. It's quite expensive but I'm liking it so far, it really does feel more clay like but sticks to the fingers just as much as other epoxy putties. A dilemma to wear gloves but not feel things properly. Will wear off eventually and I won't be using every day so my sensitive skin hopefully won't react too badly.

#apoxieclay #avesapoxieclay #milliput #epoxyclay #sculpting #making #propmaking #propmaker #props #makeit #makingit #madebyme #modelmaker #maker #modelmaking #art #artist #jenkilgour #pigsticks #pigsticksp #pigsticksproductions

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Someone once told me there's barely any sanding in this job...oh no wait...no, they said it's ALL sanding!

#propmaking #modelmaking #props #propmaker #modelmaker #sanding #sandingforever #nomoresanding #moresanding #making

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Been going crossed eyed the last few days looking at the computer. Working on drawings for a new project and decided to treat myself to a new graphics tablet as my last one didn't work on new OS upgrades a while back. Very annoying. I tried it with a partitioned old OS and to my surprise it did work for while but then stopped. So I had to face it and get a new one. 15 years ain't bad value though. New one isn't fancy or big but it's great. I had forgotten how much easier it was to draw than tackling things with a mouse. All for making life easier!

#drawing #newtoys #graphicstablet #wacom #intuos #drawingonthecomputer #newtools #squareeyes #toomuchsitting #musteatlunch @wacom

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This is just a practice run of trying to make the sign look like neon tube lighting under daylight but also neon under UV light. It's messy and not complete but getting somewhere. The trouble is, it's difficult (and expensive) to get true fluorescent white paint and any highlights made with white paint that you can see in daylight go purple or disappear under UV. Though I'm pleased to see the fluorescent paint mixed with regular acrylic still has a bit of a glow to it.

I think I'm going go again but a little differently. Yellow as highlights or just shell out for some white...hmmm. Anyone got any tips about white fluorescent paint feel free to share your experiences.

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The difference between fluorescent and glow in the dark paint and pigment. Top pic under UV light and bottom pic in darkness.

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Having fun and a wee experiment today. Messing about with my palm router, resin and paint colours and pigment. A new sign for Bill the Biker’s fancy new reception. Will it work? Who knows?! Does it matter? Not really. I'll probably end up with just painting it by hand but it's good to try things out. At least you find out when things don't work, not to do them again!

#billthebiker #receptionsign #fluorescent #glowinthedark #resin #palmrouter #freehand #neon #pigment #paint #signs #experiment #experimental #trytrytry #making #propmaking #propmaker #props #makeit #makingit #madebyme #modelmaker #maker #modelmaking #artist #scenicart #mural #jenkilgour #pigsticksp #pigsticksproductions

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What was green, now is purple...well lilac. The arms were tricky but once I worked out how they were attached (with a little gentle persuasion) I managed to get round them. Off to deliver this one and pick up the last!

#reupholstery #upholstery #making #makingitup #makingitupasigoalong #green #purple #lilac #upcycle #70sfurniture #teak #formum #makeit #makingit #repair #furniturerepair #jenkilgour #pigsticks #pigsticksp #pigsticksproductions
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Finally back in the workshop (and tidy!) after two very intense jobs and back on to finishing reupholstering my mum's dining chairs. I think my folks got the dining set when they got married (in 1969!) and they haven't been renovated since. I've already done 4 but still 2 to go. They have been getting new foam and a change from green to purple fabric as that my mum's favourite colour. The original foam was so old and boggin'; it was literally crumbling in my hands. Really gross. The remaining 2 have arms though, could be interesting.

#backintheworkshop #tidy #reupholstering #70sstyle #update #upcycle #retro #70sfurniture #greentopurple #oldfoam #gross
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Inktober over for another year. Here’s the Top 9 liked doodles with “Tread” in the centre being the run away favourite with 41! There must be a lot of Adam Ant fans out there. And from top left clockwise:
Day 3 Bait - 28
Day 7 Enchanted - 22
Day 23 Ancient - 22
Day 6 Husky - 20
Day 9 Swing - 20
Day 13 Ash - 20
Day 10 Pattern - 19
Day 1 Ring - 18

#inktober #inktober2019#drawingaday #drawingchallenge#drawing #illustration #art #artist
#jenkilgour #pigsticks #pigsticksp#pigsticksproductions

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