This post is the fifth of eight, showing this artwork develop from start to finish. See the first parts:
1. Mental Health Week Exhibition
2. Progress…
3. Painting painting
4. The kite progresses…

Tonight I went to see a play Also a Mirror, by Urban Myth Theatre of Youth. It’s been far too long since I’ve been in a theatre. I enjoyed it immensely. It explored memory and the loss of memory in a lyrical poetic way. I’m sure some members of the audience have a personal connection to Alzheimer’s or Dementia, and for them the celebration of love, and the anguish of such personal losses cut deep. I saw more than one person in tears at the bittersweet end. It was very beautiful. So, if you are looking for something to do over the weekend, I’d recommend a night at the theatre. Details here.

My kite is coming along really well, I’m on track for finishing the whole project very soon! Here she is:

And I’ve been working on the kite handle:

That was a flat piece of pine just like those on the right hand side when I started. Whee! I’ve always wanted to get into wood carving. The tool is a Dremel, an awesome little multipurpose hobbist machine. The body is a motor, and you can add all kinds of attachments, cutting, grinding, sanding, engraving etc. You can work with woods, metals, plastics, ceramics, glass… I love it! Just the thing to distract me from fretting about Abbie. I went to Bunnings the evening I had to leave Abbie at the vet, planning to buy various hand tools to cut and carve the kite handle. But I realised that the price of all the tools I needed individually was comparable to the price of this awesome set where I get many many tools and the speed to produce work very quickly. So I brought home the Dremel instead, then watched a few youtube videos about how to use it. Youtube is a fountain of skills based knowledge and every craftperson’s friend! Here I’ve carved and shaped my heart handle, next to sand and polish it. The kite just needs the body finished being embroidered with black yarn, the string and tail attached, the hanger and counterweight at the back, and her hair sewn on. Almost there! 🙂
See the next step here!