More pirate stuff

Designing is fun work, especilly if you are in the groove and the ideas flowing. For the last weeks I've been spending most of my time at my desk crankng out the ideas.

A pirate theme (even with some cool twists) is relatively easy. Mostly I take the traditional ideas and simply put my style to them. Every respectable pirate themed golf simply has to have a cannon. You never know when an enemy ship might show up.

And a pirate ship is also manditory too I would think.

Anyone who thinks about pirates can't help but wonder about buried treasure. It was only natural there is a treasure chest. But this one is empty. Is there another? In a place pirates obviously hang out there just has to be more.

Of course there is much, much more. Stay tuned...

-grampa dan

AAARGH - right on matey!

I've designed quite a few adventure golfs in a wide variety of themes. I've tried to stay away from three often overused used themes... pirates, jungle and windmills as they were just far too common. But a pirate theme always interested me - but only if I could do it in a very unique fashion. 

Through the years I've designed three such developments but for various reasons none of them were ever built. With each pirate themed golf I designed we used the stereotype images to be sure. Treasures, skulls, eye patches, peg legs, a tall masted ship and all that. A pirate theme wouldn't be pirate without these things. but there has always been a twist in my designs too - just to take the things over the top - WAY OVER.

For the last few years I've been in touch with a fellow down in the Caribbean about a new facility down that way. It looks like the opportunity may now at last be right. Imagine a REAL Pirates in the Caribbean Adventure Golf. 

The best thing about building a pirate theme adventure golf that far south is that  I wouldn't have to build fake palm trees. :) Stay tuned...

-grampa dan

Signmaker's Traumfabrik (Dream Factory)

A short while ago I was contacted by Balthaser Mayer, the editor of a German sign magazine called 'Werbetechnik' about an article they were putting together featuring some of the leading signmakers from America. He asked me to send him information and pictures of some recent work. (they had done another article on our work some time ago) I sent Balthaser the information and pictures he asked for.

Today he sent me the three page article featuring our work. Using the google translator I could even read it. :)

Our dream factory becomes more famous all the time. :)

-grampa dan