Last night Ben brought home the three framed pieces from the framers, and, oh, what a disappointment. We go to Pete, the best guy in town, and he's done one for me with the same fabric recently, as well as half a dozen paintings and posters, but these three had no spacers, the fabric wasn't stretched straight, and in the middle of the silver one was a piece of thread that must have come off when he cut the fabric. The smallest one, I like the best, but the corners of the frame are not square and touch-up puttying messy. I couldn't possibly sell this one. Not good enough.
I'm taking them back today, then going to the gym, then weaving in the afternoon. I've been in a seriously defeatist mode. For one thing, it's been raining and storming all over the North Island and this weather is supposed to come this way, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's a few hours of rain and a bit of wind in Nelson. I might treat myself to a cab ride from town, though, instead of the bus.I decided to take up the museum's offer and wait until Monday to install. That should give Pete some time to repair the faults. (And no matter what I do, that pic stays looking bad.)
4 comments:
don't care what you say, that fabric is GORGEOUS.
Meg, that is so disappointing, I really feel for you. Yes, the fabric is gorgeous, of course it is, but if you don't feel good about it - well, I just hope Pete can fix them for you. Hope your weather is a bit better than North Island has been. Had lunch today on the beach (Coogee, Sydney) with a Portage person and it was actually hot in the sun. Roll on springtime, I say.
You seem to be in a bad time these days! Pete ought to fix and/or reframe with many apologies to you. Perhaps a helper did the framing, not Pete? Even so, Pete should have signed off on the job.
Thank you, Taueret, it's the first piece I wove for Craft 08, and has horrible selvedges, so I started curring it up and framing them.
Carol, for Nelson it was a dramatic day, but nowhere nearly as bad as elsewhere. However we made the national news.
Peg, I'm starting to feel this July has been a Murphy's Month.
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