Great progress already!

Today we got into action on the Fox & hounds work site. The carpenters scrambled to keep ahead of us as we started in on the theme work. Our task was to make all the perfectly straight and level things much less so. Our plans were only the concept drawing I had done last week.  This concept view is as if you have just entered the premises.

The photograph below is looking in the opposite direction, towards the front doors. We cut the undulating plywood, and tricked out the walls and faux beams. This will be the armature for the sculpted concrete to follow in the next weeks. There is still plenty to do but we are making good progress!

-grampa dan

Around the world in eighty days!

It amazes me just how far word of our MutliCam project has traveled in so short a time. In today's mail I was delighted to receive a copy of an article recently published in the May issue of SIGN MUNWHA - a sign magazine in South Korea. Our friends at SignCraft Magazine in Florida had shared the article with them and it had been translated into Korean and printed in a two page spread complete with pictures. 

The project has now been featured in three articles in Canada, two in the United States, one in Germany, the Ukraine and now South Korea. It has also been featured on many websites around the world. Each time I receive word of more exposure I am delighted on behalf of our client. It also bodes well for us too.

-grampa dan

The first day!

The first day of any construction job is exciting. We spent the morning loading the tools into the box trailer, buying supplies and getting some new steel toed boots. It is important to arrive equipped for the job. The worksite was busy, with every square foot of the job in construction. When we arrived at the Fox & Hounds Pub the contractor and his crew were scrambling to get areas ready for our crew to work on in coming days. We are a bit early to start theme work, but there is so much to do we need every minute possible and I am grateful the contractor and the owners are so willing to accommodate our needs.

The first task was to sweep out an area of the floor to claim for our own, then start bringing in the first of many tools and materials that would be required. While Sarah organized things I set about figuring out just how to build the pretty ideas I had sketched on paper. It was time to start making those ideas real! Today our progress wasn't significant, but we did get things organized and laid out. I'll post a picture or two tomorrow of our progress.

-grampa dan