"The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable." - Robert Henri
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Slow work. Hard wood.
A bit of gouging practice on some Pine, too.
Deepening the lines.
Smoothing the surface.
The board is feeling good. Now, for the pieces.
I have decided not to use the Ash branches for pieces, but rather, some beautiful snail shells from the river valley hills back home.
After a little wash, they're looking very fresh.
I also procured a good set of Kentucky Coffeebean seeds from the sidewalk a while back. I like their weight, and smoothness, and roundness. Perfect game pieces.
These snail shells are extremely fragile, so I'm filling them with wax to give a bit of weight and sturdiness. It seems to work!
In Fidchell, one person plays as Life, and the other as Death. I think a red squirmy blob emerging from a spiral shell is a suiting symbol for Life.
And there we have it. The board will need some further care - oiling, some decorative carving, and so on. But the game lives, and the month is over. Thanks for sticking around for it.
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"If a story lands immediately in your logic, if it is neatly trimmed and makes perfect sense, it's not really doing its work. Stories, old myths, do a kind of open-heart surgery on you." - Martin Shaw, interviewed in Emergence vol. 1
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