Work continues on the Skull Rock feature for Vala’s Pumpkin Patch in Nebraska. The pencil rod armature was roughed in by Peter, and then Matt filled in the framework to ready the armature for the diamond lath, which follows this coming week. This is a much more complicated piece compared to most of what we do, and the crew is dreading the lath and sculpting process on the hard-to-reach areas. I remind the crew, as always, that the more complicated the armature is, the cooler the finished piece. Stay tuned to watch this come together…
EEEEE HAW!
We have designed and begun to fabricate a saddled horse that will be part of a roping experience for kids at Kraay’s Family Farm in Alberta. It will be a partner to the Highland cow we welded previously. As always, it starts with a sturdy welded-steel structure, followed by a hand-formed pencil-rod armature. I completed the horse armature on Friday afternoon and then took a quick test drive to make sure all was well. It passed. :)
Standard achieved!
In our shop, we have a standard that we must achieve before we are content. Our ‘standard’ is that a random person who happens to be passing by needs to take a picture of our project before the installation is finished. These days, with everyone having a camera on their phone, it is easier than it used to be, but it is still a high bar. The JD Transport semi-truck load of signs left Chilliwack this morning on it’s four day journey to Ontario. Our client excitedly contacted us this evening and passed on a picture from Instagram that had been tagged to the farm. Someone had snapped this picture as they passed the semi full of our work on the road through Calgary. That is advertising that is already working for our client, and it is still 3,400 kilometres from being installed!! Standard achieved!
