Because most of our work is shipped to customers far, far away we don’t often see it installed and fully assembled. On occasion, I travel to do the basic installations but even then the areas around our piece are finished at a later date. Our friends at NEB’s Fun World have worked hard to finish off and add details which match perfectly in style and form. They are great at adding feature lighting to showcase and highlight the features. I was also pleased to see how well our pieces have held up. This seating area/decorative still has been well used in the last years but has held up to keep looking brand new.
Shrinking a wooden pig
The BBQ pig sign looked enormous in the shop as we were creating it, and measured more than nine feet in length and four feet in diameter. It shrank a little as we moved it outside. Last week, he magically grew again as we gently stuffed him into the back of the semi trailer. Today, as the Vala crew lifted him onto the veranda roof of the new BBQ restaurant he instantly shrank once again. But he also looked perfect, framed by the gable roof end behind him. He is the ideal icon for the restaurant. The smaller version (five feet long) of the pig will be mounted over a giant outdoor fireplace (which is yet to be built) on the left corner of the building. Stay tuned for more pictures of Vala projects tomorrow…
Prodigious porker
As spectacular as the ‘little’ pig BBQ sign seems it is dwarfed in every sense by the large version. The sculpting is more detailed. The base and blend coats of paint are out of this world. And of course the monstrous size will make this piece unforgettable as it stands proud over the entrance to the restaurant. Tomorrow Becky will start applying the magical glazes to bring this prodigious porker to life! Stay tuned…
