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May 25, 2007
The Revolution Has Ended
Hello Friends. Today we are posting live from Chestertown's Bookplate, where we will, for the next three days, be posting regular updates on our progress as we paint the latest Idiots'Books mural, titled, The Revolution Has Ended.
The finished advertisement.
Our books in the window.
We arrived at Bookplate at the luxurious hour of 10:07am, set ourselves up, and began to work. As has quickly become our habit when approaching these murals, "beginning to work" means that Robbi takes up the tools of creation while I sit by trying my hardest not to interfere.
While I sat by loafing, Robbi taped her sketches to the wall.
Then she took out some carbon paper, which she placed between the sketch and the wall.
After some careful tracing, the initial linework was transferred to the wall.
I sat and watched, relaxing. Occasionally I would compliment Robbi on her fine work. At one point she suggested that, as affirming as my praise might be, help with the tracing might be an even more appreciated contribution to the efforts. I got out some carbon paper and tried my hardest. Tracing requires two things 1) patience and 2) precision. I lack items one and two. I grew frustrated and grumbled. Robbi decided that she preferred sitting, complimenting Matthew to tracing, grumbling Matthew.
I did snap this photo that made it look as if I had done the tracing.
But be assured. I did not.
While Robbi was tracing and not grumbling and I was sitting and complimenting, a entirely other drama was playing out.
Since Tom Martin, Bookplate proprietor, is a very nice guy, Iggy was invited to attend the mural painting event. As she is known to do, Iggy curled up in her bed to sleep out the duration.
This arrangement worked out well for a short while, but Iggy's bliss was shattered in a moment when resident Bookplate cat, Dennis, discovered the visiting bed and its attending dog.
Iggy was rousted and Dennis took what was rightly his.
Dennis found the bed much to his liking.
And Iggy, dejected, found another place to lie.
Take a close look at the following picture, the classic "before" shot. Before the weekend is through, the entire front wall of Bookplate will be covered with paint.
Check back later today. Progress will be posted when there is progress to report.
Posted by bogenamp at May 25, 2007 12:02 PM