Let me tell you what I learned this week:
1)Just be a little careful about what you let yourself in for
2)Never EVER cut corners on preparation
3) and always use the right materials for the task
If I was only allowed to offer one piece of advice it would be the middle one, Never EVER cut corners on preparation.
Just the other day I wrote a slightly flippant line about the real test of skill if your calling yourself a craftsman is how you fix things when they start going wrong!
So Hephaestus son of Zeus, architect of Mount Olympus, Master Smith and great Artificer, has heard me say this and looked down on me and said, ‘Well…..indeed things can go wrong so let’s watch you deal with this …. and man he has bowled me a googlie, sent me a curve ball.
Briefly: I have agreed to install a set of mosaics made by someone else! Yeah no worries I said.
I can’t even get the tiles anywhere near to where they need to go as they don’t really have any glue holding them onto the paper cartoon, and fall off if touch them. There is no reference system drawn on it for re-assembly. There’s more, there’s so much more, just little things which all added together make real obsticles. Good luck with that then Rob. My words have bit my arse and all I will say is I have not managed to stick any tiles in place yet and my friend has worked hard on these for months and months, and needs help to get over the finish line with this,……………….. and Jesus H Christ I’ll be glad when it’s over.
