Eric and Dan did the bestest that they could to start the wall we need to define the print space. Unfortunately after much effort, it seemed that they were not able to give anymore time. Frustrated with feeling helpless, we decided to brave it and attempt to finish it ourselves even though we were complete amateurs. The process has been fascinating, we have been soaking up as much tips and advice for a while and it felt like we were able to draw out different chunks of knowledge that we remembered, piece it together as a whole and practically do what needed to be done . Getting over that presumed limitation you impose on yourself and braving something abit unnerving or out of your comfort zone is exhilarating. In fact it was so exciting taking control and feeling self-empowered we couldn't resist doing it altogether, even though it probably didn't need so many people on the same task.
Also now that some of the wall structure is up and one can visualise more how the space will look, it is interesting how other people who are working at Coachwerks in general have in passing helped contribute a bit here, contributed a bit there. I also like to stress that the Caochwerks space as a whole has been built by volunteers, but the screen print space is the first one of it's kind to have people learning these skills almost from scratch giving it a go.
Wall proud -
Watch this space for more pictures of our beautiful sturdy frame action!
Oh yes and the digging battle to create an effective guttering trench at the back of the space continues, one more step to leakage-less heaven. We have to get as much mud as we can into a skip by the end of Wednesday so hopefully we will be able to get as much man/ woman power as we can to help do this.
x Maggie