It is always fun to travel to our customers’ sites to see projects from our past. Most often, they dominated our studio for months as we created them, and then lived in our outside staging area until we shipped them. They were a big presence in our lives until we shipped them to their homes far away. By that time, new projects took their place in our shop. When I get a chance to visit our customers, I see them again, and I remember the joy of creating them. Most often in our shop, they are not seen fully assembled, and so it is a delight to see them in their glory. At NEB’s Fun World in Oshawa, they have assembled a substantial collection of our work over the last decade. We look forward to adding even more pieces soon! Stay tuned…
NEBs revisited
Most of our clients become friends, and the projects are but the first of many over a period of years. My visit to the Toronto area for the Downey’s Farm project also means a few extra days to visit our other clients in the area. One of them, of course, is NEB’s Fun World who we’ve been working with for about a decade. The indoor amusement park looks more amazing each visit! Although we didn’t do anything for NEBs this year, they have been making amazing progress on a very ambitious expansion that will open in stages beginning in the fall of this year. I was privileged to get a backstage tour and an in-depth peek at the blueprints of what is yet to come. It is going to be amazing and will undoubtedly bring dynamic energy to the business for decades to come. Over a nice dinner meeting, we discussed projects we will be involved with in the next few years. It is going to be a lot of fun! Stay tuned…
Signs in place
Much of our art is designed and crafted in our studio, then loaded on a trailer for transport and sent down the road. The distant client does the install, and except for pictures, we never see it again. So it is a treat to help do the installation and see our pieces in the place we designed them for. The Downey’s Build a Buddy sign isn’t huge, measuring four feet across, but it was built with heart. I was delighted to help install it in the perfect location they had built for it, complete with down lighting and an LED-lit border. I think the little donkey loves his new home!
