Have spent a good amount of time learning the ins-and-outs of CorelDRAW, vectors, masks, more advanced photo-manipulation, filters … ‘til I thought my head might spin.  But it’s all good.  It’s ruminating around in there and I’ll eventually figure it all out.

Here’s a lil picture I was playing with last night … IF I can master it AND figure out the best process for screen printing – I may end up with something fabulous.  But in the meantime – I think it’s kinda neat:

The kilns have been running and I’ve been taking photos (when my head feels like mush from tutorials and manuals).  I even hope to get the coffin-kiln loaded later tonight.  But here are my cabs – fire polished and ready to assemble into … whatever.

And, I’ve played a bit with the plotter.  Made a decal for DH’s car – he loves it.  This is the test piece – to see how well I’ve learned.  So far, it’s holding up well – and hasn’t fallen off of the Envoy … YET … ?!?

Still more learning to get through with the plotter, as I fine tune the cutting techniques for more detail in smaller images … Yep – baby steps and POSSIBILITIES …