I had a bored Koda Bear on the mountain.
I had a bored bear because the tractor broke and things were needing to be done to fix it. The boyos were flattening the spot I would ilke my studio to be because the goal is to flatten the mountain. Just ask any male who runs any type of flattening equipment on the mountain! The tractor suddenly stopped. Bob came up (who has over sixty years of experience with heavy equipment) and could not figure out the problem. It could be the starter. Well, it was actually a $20 spring that is going to end up in about a $1000 of maintenance. Because the tractor has not been serviced in three years. But while this was all going on, Koda Bear was bored.
He was trying to build things with no materials and no tools. He wanted to build an ecoprinter. I am really not sure what his imagination meant by that but I do know there was frustration because it was not working. I finally stepped in, took of the silk and cotton slip I was wearing (protein fibers print/dye easier), and had him smash plants into it.
If he had been an adult, he probably would have ended up with the flowers and leaves mashed into the slip so it was an actual print. But he is seven. I have the most interesting splotches of color on that slip now. With holes where the hammer broke through the cloth while he was mashing plants. The rock did not cause holes as such.
I will mend my slip and have a tatter slip with colors of plants. Yes, I like white but he had a really good time. It is starting the process of learning how to print. It is all the same process truly. Something to print, color added some how, pressure added.
He had fun. I laughed. It was a good time. And the tractor will get fixed.