Phew, finally!
Trunnels are wooden nails that swell and shrink with the wood they’re holding together, so they are more sturdy than metal nails.
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Monday, May 24th:
Last weekend’s new page is the title page for chapter 8. I was debating whether to put the title page first or after page 1 or 2, but in the end I decided to put it first …
The dillemas of carpentry… at least she seems to know something of what she is doing. I was afraid she would just end up staring at the pieces of would or whack in nails haphazardly or something. Guess it’s mostly a common sense job, though.
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I likes the perspective on the stairs. I always have trouble with that kind of thing.
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Hm. Is it just me, or does the shading on Willie’s eye in the last panel look a little weird?
-Aidan.
I think the fifth panel looks much more weird (or boring). I was fighting with it all weekend, trying to find a better angle, and finally gave up on Monday … :o/