KJ Bateman

I almost finished the box. However, the gallery where the show was to be held closed. I've been working on the kayak. I rarely remember the camera until I am at the garage so alot has changed. The outside of the hull is glassed. The deck is assembled and glued. It was easier than the hull. I only had to take it apart once. And, no, I haven't been painting.

Box in its unadorned state. I put the first saturation coat on the kayak yesterday. Today I am putting on the layer of fiberglass, another learn as you go experience. I expect it will take hours. But I have some good news, the " Think Inside the Box" show is actually in October. I have a whole month more to work on it. Yay!

This was supposed to be a relaxing summer. I was going to take a few weeks off from work but I am busier than expected. In 2002 I bought a kayak kit from Pygmy Boats and it sat in the basement until last summer when I started building it in the garage of our Ballard house. Our long time tenant moved out in the Spring and our daughter moved in. As noted last time I was also painting the mural for the pre-school. Then my mother had two hospitalizations and I didn't get very far before the temperature dropped below the optimum for working with epoxy. This summer I was going to start in June and work on through. It has been the coolest, wettest summer in my 25 years in the Puget Sound area. I finally started working on it again. It actually looks like a boat now. Here I am at the end of August with maybe a month left of workable time and the work goes so slowly. Plus, I am putting a box in the Gallery OK's "Think Inside the Box" show. The box is due Tuesday night. Wish ...