tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370727872011-10-05T11:55:15.347-07:00Scott MacLeodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14478551791320838894noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37072787.post-1162567947056631802006-11-03T07:15:00.000-08:002006-11-03T07:33:24.146-08:00When I demolished the shingled, rotting garage, built in 1918, in order to build myself a studio, I salvaged several dozen <a href="http://www.film.queensu.ca/CJ3b/Toys/JapanTinLitho.html">tin litho plates</a> that had been used for roof repairs. When I later became interested in the forms & functions of Mexican retablos, I remembered that I did actually have some tin I could clean up, hammer flat, cut down &amp; use to paint my own.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2533/1086/1600/A%20Good%20Place%20To%20Start.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2533/1086/400/A%20Good%20Place%20To%20Start.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37072787-116256794705663180?l=smretablos.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Scott MacLeodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14478551791320838894noreply@blogger.com1