Whew! What a great couple of weeks of training. I'm tired, and full, and very content. Lots to process, and that part will take some time. Thankfully I still have a couple more weeks of sabbatical.
I'm very happy to announce that Maple Leaf Community Yoga has a gorgeous new website! We've been working really hard - especially this last week - to get this up and running in time to coincide its "coming out" party with the publishing of our fall schedule of classes. It worked! Go check it out!
In other studio news, Rob is refinishing the ceiling and walls for me. We took everything but the Yoga Wall down, stowed most of it in the backs of our cars (a JEEP Cherokee and a VW Bug lol) and he's been hard at work. Last week he taped, primed, and painted the ceiling. There was a problem with the two cans of paint not being exactly the same, though, so (sadly) he will have to redo the ceiling when he finishes the walls.
The mud is wet, which is why the blue is so dark. It will be significantly lighter once dry.
Once the ceiling was dry, he taped, sand-primed, and applied the first coat of Loma. He's an American Clay Artisan Applicator, you see, and I am pleased as punch to be his first commercial customer and help get the word out about this amazing product (click on that link to learn about the health benefits of having American Clay on your walls). We walked down to the studio today to see if it was dry and it's so beautiful! No cracks, no spider webbing, he did a GREAT job!
See how the drier portion at the top of this wall is lighter? This was taken on the same day that it was applied.
I kept him company as he mixed the Porcelina for the next coat. This will give the walls a lovely sheen and smooth texture. Right now they're sandy from the Loma and because they haven't been compressed yet. I'll put up pictures of the progress early next week.
I am really looking forward to enjoying the finished project, getting the studio put back together (hopefully in a more space-efficient manner) and getting back to teaching in September. If you're in the neighborhood and would like to see how this American Clay process works, please stop by. If the door's open, Rob's in there and he's more than happy to answer your questions!
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