More You Didn't Want to Know

Self-revelatory meme cut-and-pasted from emmabovary, some of her answers unchanged because I think our brains are somehow joined:

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Today I took delivery of a small but extremely heavy package - to be precise, a box of 23 pounds of Cerrotru, a low-melting-point alloy that is 58% bismuth and 42% tin. It has a melting point of only 281 F (138 C), so it could be melted over a candle of can of Sterno, and has the curious property of expanding slightly as it cools, so it should get extra detail from my molds without scorching them.

The metal came from Purity Alloys in Surrey, and came out to between 11 and 12 dollars per pound after PST+GST with free shipping via UPS. This is a bit more than the 9 dollars or so I pay for lead-free solder at Canadian Tire, but it is supposed to give a better casting. Good, because I'm not pleased with the grainy quality of the solder.

I am splitting the box with Gary, but 12 pounds of this stuff will last me a long time. So, if anyone has any ideas for home-cast trinkets, let me know. I'll start experimenting and making positives soon.

I went to Prophecy at Lucky Bar last night for the first time in quite a while, and handed out what things I had cast on the weekend and turned into pinbacks. As always, the Neubauten Man was popular, and I even had a few Kilted Skeletons to hand out. Unfortunately there will be no more Prophecy in 2 weeks, not enough people are coming to make it worthwhile. I'm sorry about that. I met a girl named Michaela from Karlsruhe who liked Goth and darkwave music and had been camping and sightseeing around Canada for the past couple of months. Pleasant chat.

Wife and kiddy have been in Japan for about 10 days now. I assume they arrived safely or the airline would have called me. I certainly haven't heard anything, though I didn't really expect to. I will send Aki a postcard tomorrow.