playing with crayons

ok, how fun is it to get paid to play with crayons? this weekend i worked on a couple of retirement art commissions made entirely from, well, cut wax. it's fun, but somewhat harder than it appears to create the letters. it was either use my best kitchen knife or an exacto (the latter of which ended up working just fine) to get the right curvature of font (in this case a "d" and an "a"). plus, i'm picky so of course i wanted them to have clean cuts, be in color order and all be facing the same way. (i loved that as a kid too, funny how some things never change). but really all you need for this project are a couple of shadow boxes, strong glue and a dose of crayola patience. plus, it gave me a great excuse to buy a new box of 64. again, childhood beckoning, it's all about the built-in sharpener.