tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755568855319050817.post6115286098746988135..comments2024-02-20T05:04:56.185-08:00Comments on Art, the Beautiful Metaphor: Upcycled denim pocketsBoudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00641013916263271948noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755568855319050817.post-22515696051333169752013-11-15T09:44:59.352-08:002013-11-15T09:44:59.352-08:00Heheh. You're so right! I did put in a joke ...Heheh. You're so right! I did put in a joke alert about the Hot Pockets thing so as to avoid lawyers' letters, but I thought everyone knew I have close to 70 years experience in the art making world, and nearly 40 in the teaching of art to adults world, and didn't fancy putting in a joke alert about the rotary cutter.<br /><br /> You'd have thought people would realize this life in art does come with experience, and that I was JOKING, folks! but then I don't think people read other people's comments before plunging in! too funny.Boudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00641013916263271948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755568855319050817.post-3625334539476372462013-11-15T09:19:00.255-08:002013-11-15T09:19:00.255-08:00PS. forgot to say how much I like your pocket idea...PS. forgot to say how much I like your pocket idea. Nice idea.dogonarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07039309898163644561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755568855319050817.post-70525183276650451522013-11-15T09:17:27.805-08:002013-11-15T09:17:27.805-08:00Liz....I bet you wish you'd never mentioned th...Liz....I bet you wish you'd never mentioned that darned accidental cut. Just have to grin and bear all that well meant advice. Rats!dogonarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07039309898163644561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755568855319050817.post-72017800180299928932013-11-15T00:42:07.404-08:002013-11-15T00:42:07.404-08:00a good way to use up those pockets, I have been ch...a good way to use up those pockets, I have been chopping jeans ready for a quilt, silly me I threw the pockets away!!<br /><br />I would be lost without my rotary cutter, like others have said it must become an automatic thing to do to close the blade every time and never ever cut towards yourself.margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14225676137708827434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755568855319050817.post-16300455955820202312013-11-14T23:19:10.112-08:002013-11-14T23:19:10.112-08:00Great idea for the pocket. Those damned rotary cu...Great idea for the pocket. Those damned rotary cutters can be lethal!Minimisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291343622384393336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755568855319050817.post-25672516306975462013-11-14T16:09:57.768-08:002013-11-14T16:09:57.768-08:00Hyperbole being my middle name, I should explain t...Hyperbole being my middle name, I should explain that the cut was so small as not even to need a bandaid. What did me in was that it has, get this, a safety mechanism! it's a bit bigger than my usual rotary cutters, and the deal is that you have to hold back a handle thing in order to expose the blade. You let go and the blade retracts. <br /><br />All very fine if your hands are capable of that pinching action. Which mine aren't very well, so the damn thing skidded slightly and caught my holding hand. First accident in many decades of making art with blades, open razors, Xactos, lino knives, gougers, you name it. And I fall foul of the first item I ever used that has a safety mechanism...<br /><br />I've taught hundreds of people the safe way to use open blades, including mat knives, xactos, all that, including the caution about keeping your hand out of the blade's path. And the funny thing was that I wasn't in the path -- it slipped up backwards! sigh.Boudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00641013916263271948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755568855319050817.post-31640704854568919762013-11-14T15:17:00.735-08:002013-11-14T15:17:00.735-08:00You need to treat those cutting wheels with the ut...You need to treat those cutting wheels with the utmost respect - they can do a very large amount of damage in split seconds. Always be in the habit of keeping your fingers well back AND remember to close the blade each and every time you set it down. Great tools, but they demand respect. Great use for pockets, btw!Magpie's Mumblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09852241848575954128noreply@blogger.com