And another puzzle !!!

Well it is actually quite straight forward and looked so simple at first !!!!

but climbing up and down, balancing on tiptoe and trying to get a plastic sheet over the front end did pose a bit of a problem on my own and I realised very quickly that a) I didnt have enough fabric (covered in strawberries purchased some years ago and never used) and b) the original design being one piece stapled to a plank down the middle is just too unwieldy and heavy for me to be able to put it on and take orf .. at all really ... so the puzzle is to create a front cover that I can manage easily... after all I am not gonna get any stronger or more supple eh! Ha Ha


SO after scrounging several yards of blue, I am going to try a 5 piece job with each piece managable and rollupable !!! two on top, two sides and a front.........and it will be a minor miracle if it works.... its not just a pretty front end we are aiming at .... it has to function.....

There will have to me some minor adjustments and additions to the cratchboard. I have to say that with the right tools its posssible to do so much and if you look carefully the dowel on the left is actually a round peg shaped out of a square block...oh what fun is a workshop

Ok then, after much throwing, pulling, sliding and fortunately no slipping phew, now at least I have a rough pattern for the 3 shapes, the blue half-top covers almost all of the conservatory floor !!!

and the sides are much bigger than I expected. Hmmmmm much thought going into this so its a good job I am waiting for the 2nd coat of Sikkens to dry on the woodwork before a final fitting.

All sticky smelly stuff but she's looking good and I hope it all works. We have the form but do we have the function?
Only time and use will tell





Form & Function eh! ... OU Science course and source of many great debates in the art/sculpture world Ha Ha

and here's a perfect example sitting on top of the wall at the bottom of the garden. Created by Jim when running the Stourbridge College workshops
The 'flower heads' are huge cast metal screws and makes a great barier. (This corner is about to be given a back gate/door in the wall, a fence on the other side which will show it off a treat and steps in front ...
delightful form and excellent function ..... 

aaaaaaahhh, so many things to do, how did I find time to go to work I wonder Ha Ha ....