I have finished the rubbing down and cleared up. I have wet washed the floor, all the drapes across the furniture, my clothes, my hair, my bed and anything else involved.
Fifteen solid at least fourteen hour days. Never done that much before, never expect to do it again.
Now for the firings. First to bisque, then to glaze finishes, then to china paint.
Then the assembly, then the dressing.
Five weeks to the show, I will need every minute.
Something always happens to steal time. On Friday it was a car accident. I had stopped at a roundabout. The car behind me had stopped, until it suddenly lurched and hit my bumper. The young couple were very concerned. We drove to a nearby restaurant with a large, lit, car park and examined the cars. Trying to calculate the age of my car I said my own age and thought the driver was going to faint. He went white as a sheet and wobbly at the thought that he might have finished off someone the same age as his granny.
I left the couple in the car park, waiting for a truck to tow their car. Mine is due at the garage on Wednesday for a check up, I’ll have to waste an afternoon driving it there and waiting. Can you china paint on a garage forecourt? Probably not.
As soon as I announce how long to the show something goes pear shaped. So it’s just as well I haven’t told you.
I bet someone will tell you here: www.miniatura.co.uk which is the place to get tickets to see if I managed to do all the steps for all the new things.
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