I am using 12-24 hex nuts instead of 10-24 hex nuts because the larger size nut proceeds smoother along the 10-24 rods...I had trouble with nuts sticking on rods when I used the same size rod & nut last time...

http://www.billcasselman.com/unpub_two/narcissus.htm About why the Daffodil may have gotten the name "Narcissus" & a fascinating & hilarious treatise on Narcissism that concludes with William Wordsworth's poem about Daffodils that is a must must read...

(In video above: Sari explains her new updated Ferrocement recipe for sculpture...p.s. I cannot emphasize enough that one should use ECO-friendly products when working in cement...Eco-House.com sells No VOC Mineral Silicate Paints for cement (that you can put In the cement too)as well as NO-VOC Cement Sealers (that can also go IN the cement!)

  Hello...Thanks for stopping by...My name is Sari, sounds like Mary...Joseph is my husband & he is an artist too...We have been working in Ferrocement Sculpture lately, & you will be able to read about how we do it in the Blogs...We are also exploring Art in Medicine, which you can read about too...Please follow us on Twitter & say hello or chat or ask us questions, Facebook is another place where we post gallery notices or new works...Write to us directly at [email protected] , we will answer & are happy to hear from people or chat about stuff- you should know that Canadians are on the internet more than any other people in the world because we get addicted to the gamma rays emitted from the screen as that stands in for the sunshine & heat & that we don't get for about 6 months of every year...

http://scarborougharts.com/ Joseph & Sari Grove are members of Scarborough Arts...If you are some sort of an artist, then Scarborough Arts will help you in your path...Emerging or Established, everybody needs a hand to hold onto...A hand that is not trying to take from you but instead is studied to give...


http://laparetegallery.com/index.html If you are in Toronto & would like to see some great art, then go to La Parete Gallery at Bathurst & Dupont...It is a secret garden of some of the best works you will ever get to see in Canada...Shhh...Secret...Don't be afraid to ask questions-this gallery owner doesn't bite...


http://ikono.org/2011/09/the-art-of-cleaning-up-die-kunst-aufzuraumen/ If you ever wonder why artists tend to be messy, please read "Tidying up Art" by Ursus
Wehrli where he obsessively cleans up paintings to be more orderly...His new book shows him tidying up real life situations like where he organizes a mall parking lot by car colour- the yellow cars all in one section, the blue another, the green another...It is hilarious, fascinating & a great defence for why my home is a mess...(my argument is: a rumpled bed is more interesting than a made bed, artistically)...