I had to open up the Studio at 8:30am and I was now in effect, running the workshop. It was bitterly cold in there, so I made sure all the girls were warm before we started. I was expecting Debs to turn up at around 9am so we originally made a plan to wait for her. When she didn't arrive at 9am, I got the girls to start doing bits and pieces like painting the floor black. I needed to order some more timber, because when I starting cladding the boxes in reclaimed 6 x 1/2, it was too heavy so I organised with John to use 3 and 3/4 inch by half instead, so I had to put in an emergency order with Columbia Timber.
I also got to work cutting all the cladding for the Orchestra Stage, very carefully numbering them with a big purple crayon so it was visible and I didn't have the same problems as I did with In Extremis (the painters painting over the numbers).
Debs arrived at about 11:00am after getting very lost, and I having to wander the industrial estate looking for her! Once Debs had arrived and set up, I was able to take the corrugated iron to the steelworkers to be cut down. I had to take Debs' truck as they wouldn't fit in my car! That was fun. When I finally got back I could work on cladding the boxes, not before ordering my team a pizza for lunch.
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| Rose and I working out the steeldeck and ply to get the minimal amount of movement between them. |
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| Cladding the boxes |
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| Ellen hard at work texturing the poly block |
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| Getting everything painted |
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| Debs and Rose discussing the pros. |
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| End of day three!! |
By the end of Day 3, we had the first layer painted on everything. I still had a few more boxes to get clad, but it was only a quick job. Having a larger team today was really helpful as everyone worked very hard and we got a lot done, they were fabulous! I feel that I can effectively run the workshop keeping morale up and keeping everyone busy and energised.
