Two Down, One To Go

Ceiling medallion done? Check.
Faux touch-ups? Check.
Clean apartment and hand in keys to landlord? Not so much.

And in the busy rush of the day, I have neglected to take any photos of the finished projects. But I did find one in the vault of two of my three favorite people in Wheeling working on the ceiling in the room I installed the missing medallion pieces today.



Oh my gosh, how I am going to miss you Amanda and Jon.

Now time to get this apartment cleaned.

Ready to Cast

I had to stay up until 4:00AM to finish these last night, but the molds are done.



I am ready to start casting.

One Last Mess

Back in West Virginia to finish up two last projects. These molds need to be done tonight so I can start making castings for a ceiling medallion tomorrow.



Such a messy, time-consuming process.





And to get things off to a great start, I have botched the mix ratios on the resin for the first two and have to redo them. Going to be a late night tonight.

Last Day Of My Old Life

This was my life for the last five years.



Harnesses, hardhats, steel-toed boots, tyvek suits, respirators, manlifts, power tools, hand tools, chemicals, cuts, bruises, burns, blood tests, more nights spent in hotels than in my apartment.

No more. Today is my last day as an architectural conservator. Tomorrow I start a new journey. I do not know the destination yet. I am hoping to find clarity and purpose along the way, and most of all, a place that feels like home. And this is the story of my journey.