The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 202 The Spicks and the Specks
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They weren’t actually steel caps but they looked like they were
Originally they were tramping boots I got at an op shop
I wore them for the two years I was working with urethanes and fiberglass on the Hobbit
So they were covered with different coloured substances, dripped over a long period
At the end of 2011 I cast hundreds of red and green bottle tops – t…
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