How Hard Could it Be?
"How hard could it be?" Those are always the words uttered by a fool. And this is the fool that uttered them. And I continue to utter them when I encounter projects I've never tried before. It started out with a construction drawing I bought from an artist last summer. She had obtained a bunch of drawings from an architect who was retiring, and she took them home and applied some plant-based dyes to them. When I saw them, I thought immediately of my time working at a construction company, and my then-boss and now-friend who taught me how to read and interpret them so well that I eventually was able to do my own material estimates for projects. I am still entranced by them, still interested in what they are showing. This drawing was on some kind of translucent paper, kind of like vellum paper. When I held it up to the light, I could see swirls of yellow, pink, blue and green. I decided to take it home. Eventually, I thought it might make an interesting lampshade. I searc...
