Studio Business

 Not ready to draw, or cut, or print right now, but I do need to make a block or two, so that was part of my mission today.  Wood is already there, but I keep my saw in my car, so I had to bring that in with me.  I had drawn a few lines on the piece of wood I had on my table on a previous visit, and used a cut block to draw one more.  I have vague ideas for a few more Robert Johnson prints, but the furthest along is a vertical, so I started by cutting out two of those.  Won't need the second piece right away, but the pieces are side by side on the large piece of wood, so in making one I made two.  Looked at both sides, to see where the knots were (can't cut any shapes there) and picked one for the next block.  Still not ready to actually draw it yet, but I might start working on things in my sketchbook.  My plan is to have something to begin drawing, or maybe even to cut, by the occasion of the Open Studio in about 3 weeks. 

And speaking of that, my other main mission was to find out when that will be.  The emailed minutes from the organizer gave one set of hours, the emailed newsletter from the office gave different hours, and the cards I saw a few days ago gave a third set.  And since Molly sent me an email saying that she might be interested in participating and wanting more details, I figured we should settle this.  So this morning I went to the office and spoke to Jeanne about it.  She gave me a 4th set of hours, but insisted they were the correct ones.  Made a note.  Also noticed that the cards left in our Studio were not the same as the ones I got upstairs.  The ones put under our door did not list the building events, but did have the names of the participating artists/studios, and was laid out for mailing, I was told at the request of one of the participants.  (back when I was doing postcards for shows, back layout was very important, as if other things occupied certain spaces, the post office will not deliver it) While I was still cleaning up sawdust in my space, Jeanne came to see me.  They decided to go with the hours on the cards. though participants are welcome to come earlier if they want.  I'll pass that all on the Molly later and she can decide what she wants to do.  (she's not listed among the artists, but that may be because she hasn't participated in one of these of late) 

Well, that was enough for me.  I finished sweeping up my sawdust, packed up my saw, took my new block and a few postcards with me, and headed for home.