one of my cats knocked over my paint water, walked across my palette, and then through the diner and across the various bits, spreading paw shaped splats across the diner and bits.
I tried cleaning off the various "splattings" with partial success, but frustrated, decided to put the project aside for awhile, and come back to it later.
Well, it is later, and I starting "re-abandoning" the diner last weekend. Originally, I had intended to work on Mama's farm, but about ten minutes into that, I found myself in a conundrum over whether to build it as a stand alone piece on a single base, or series of modular pieces that could have multiple uses.
Anyway, while mulling that debate, I made some progress on the diner, and here are a couple of pics.
As I work on the diner, or any of these pieces, I don't just build broken stuff, splat dirt, grime, and dust, etc, I try to imagine the story of the piece, of the abuse and decay. I try to envision how the story of the place affected the decay and helped make it look like it does in the After.
I start out imagining it shiny and newly built in the early 1960's, how it passed through owners and remodelings, the state of wear and disrepair at the time of closing, and how vandals, squatters and mother nature shaped it over the years since.
In any event, the diner is coming along, and will will give way to Mama's farm over the next few days with any luck.
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