As the Guild is spread of many miles, we need to be able to keep in touch. As our pneumatic messaging system is still at the planning stage, thoughts turn to a more modern form of communication.
Everyone pretty much owns a mobile phone and everyone pretty much has old mobile phones lying around the house. I for one am one of these people, and being a great believer in recycling decided to breath new life into one of my phones by giving it a lick of paint. I used acrylic to paint whole design but then finished it off with a coat of clear varnish to help protect it and give it a rather old weather feel to it in the process. Its being used by fellow Guild members but is suffering a little from wear.
Yeah that’s right LE Jez, it got washed! I’m going to try a recharge and fire up soon. Luckily (or not) my wife washed her iPod Shuffle a while back so having read up on emergency electrical soaking procedures, hopefully it still lives. I’ll post here as soon as I have some results, be they positive or negative.
David