While we would love to think of everything as we create our designs, the truth is that as we build, we sometimes dream up creative additions to our projects. Not adding these changes would make the project less than it could be - which wouldn’t do. The mouse on the exterior of the clock was in our initial design and was a given. But as we were welding up the pendulum on the Hickory Dickory Dock clock, we thought a second mouse riding it back and forth as it moves would be a clever addition - the punch line of our tale. The clock now sports its first coat of paint. Stay tuned to see it come together…
Painting the clock
Peter has just a little more sculpting on the small mouse riding the pendulum of the Hickory Dickory Dock clock, which will soon head to the Storybook Land at Vala’s Pumpkin Patch in Nebraska. This week, Jay will apply layers of paint onto the clock. It is quickly coming to life! Stay tuned…
Rowboat progress
The rowboat & Kraken structure is coming along nicely. We started with a 3/8” baseplate, welding the 3” x 3” base frame to it and then the uprights for the Kraken legs. Next, we cut and fit the curved rim to the baseplate. This 1/8” x 3” steel was cut to its curved shape on the Fastcut CNC plasma so it would slope out to match the rowboat hull. We shaped and welded smaller rings to the base of the Kraken arms. This week Matt & Jay will weld up the pencil-rod armature for the rowboat, and then we will begin the tentacle structures. Stay tuned…
