The power of two
I have told you before; what I tell you is true.
When I said it had all gone horribly wrong
That was not the end, I should know,
Of the song.
First some idiot (yes it was me)
Used the wrong wire all over with glee.
I thought after the Min I would try once again
Who am I kidding – get out of the rain!
But oh no I didn’t. From up on my horse
I booked a kiln visit – much later of course.
To the garage I took the phone, just to see…
Without thinking the kiln was listening to me.
Did the very next firing go well?
Well nope
It just went on and on until I lost hope.
The kiln had been promised a nice engineer
Some fool made the promise where it could hear.
Is it working now? Of course it is not, it is nope
It is bust, it is sulking
It looks like it’s broke.
So the poor little kittens will just have to wait
Until well past the Min, what I’m calling too late.
I was so very excited about the gargoyles
They were beautifully gruesome and covered in boils
And, without hands and feet, just horribly spoiled.
I stupidly went and told you the tale
Will I ever learn anything, any at all?
First there’s the stumble
And then there’s the fall.
Use the wrong wire, you are wrong in the making
And the kiln thinks it’s funny and has joined in by breaking.
At last it went cold, I have retrieved the shelf,
The colours have fired, though slowly it’s true
If the hoped-for dolls work, I will show them to you.
Two, two, the power of two,
It seems you should wait for the other shoe –
On every Min table’s the stuff that got through.
There’s some other universe, deffo not mine
Where artists do art stuff quite right the first time
Where they smile and they bow – it quite gives you the pip
They don’t know of the slip twixt the cup and the lip.
After thirty three years you would think I am hot
Confident, able – apparently not.
My standards for me are impossibly high
But if they were not, I know I’d not try
The difficulty of doing it, is also the why.
I’m happy to say I know you understand me
You can make orders but cannot command me
If it were easy, there’d be nothing to do,
But you know that if you are a miniaturist too.
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Miniatura is the show where all the miniaturists meet. You can get there by car and there is free parking, you can get there by train and there is a free shuttle bus from Coventry, you can get there by plane and then train and then free shuttle bus. The journey will be the big expense because entry fees are modest, tickets are still available and most of the stands will be exhibiting the work of artisans in miniature, or things you need to do your miniaturising.
I will be taking a thousand things hand made by me and whatever has got through the current problems. To know more look here:
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