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November 27, 2005
Of steam and cloth finishing
As regular readers will know, my studio is on the first floor of a woollen mill, and if you’ve been paying particular attention you’ll be aware that the mill, Johnson’s Cloth Finishers, still finishes cloth in the buildings around me, and world leaders in the Cloth Finishing business they are too.
Part of the finishing process requires high pressure steam, and so when the nights draw in and the air gets chilly and the wind begins to bite, they direct this steam into a system of pipes running round the mill buildings, including the one I work in.
The upshot of this is that during the week it’s really warm in my studio. It's so warm in fact that no-one has ever bothered draught-proofing the place. The downside of this is that on a weekend it can get a bit nippy, and as a result work slows down somewhat. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining, just explaining the lack of paintings, drawings and such in today’s post.
Posted by john at November 27, 2005 02:02 AM