Tuesday, May 09, 2006

beautiful afternoon.
spent a few hours making my bricks. i haven't
made any since last fall. i'm glad i only had enough concrete for a few.
i had forgotten how much bending and lifting was involved,
mostly in the clean up of the forms and tools. i feel as if i've
accomplished something tho! feels good. it's a different feeling
than finishing a poem. it's an art form using my hands
instead of my emotions. it satisfies me in a whole different way. s

1 comment:

Sherry Pasquarello said...

hi, no, it's not a poem. just a comment. i make bricks using forms, concrete and tint. i press words or sayings into them.my friends tease me, i don't look like i'm big enough to be messing with concrete, but i mix only about 5lbs. dry at a time by hand.

i had the stuff stored away for the winter and dragged it all out the other day. get back into practice. concrete is an iffy thing. you have to gauge how much to use, how much water and tint.

i didn't have enough concrete, made it a bit too wet. it was hard to deal with and it takes longer to dry, but it worked ok. i'll be ok next batch, if it ever stops raining. thanks for the compliment. : )