I've loved working with metal since I learned to weld decades ago. Building with steel allows us to fabricate just about anything we can imagine. Even better news is that the new MultiCam plasma cutter makes a whole gamut of new projects possible. It is just so easy to design and cut files of any shape imaginable. The pieces for the jet engine powered chair were designed in minutes and then sent to the plasma cutter for cutting. That only took a few minutes more. A quick pass with a sanding disk made them ready to weld. The top and bottoms of the curvy I-beams were hand formed and tacked in place and then welded up with the MIG. Before we broke for lunch the rocket chair base was ready to roll.
Magic chair
Some (make that many) who know me think I am often in too much of a hurry. It's not true. I simply have many ideas and projects that need expressing. I've come up with a solution that should make it all possible. Two of the office chairs at my desk are in sad repair. Rather than buy new ones I have come up with a novel plan to fix (and vastly improve) them. I've always loved the steampunk style and also rocket engines. I figure if I combine these wonderful things with my old office chairs I should be able to move about my office at record speed and in a great deal of style. I like to think of them as my new magic chairs. The design is done. I bought the new castors today. I'll get a good start on fabricating the first one tomorrow.
Ready for the magic touch.
There is an unwritten rule that logos should be simple and easy to read. These days many companies go for a single letter or even just a simple shape but we feel such a symbol couldn't possibly convey what our company is all about. So we break that rule with a vengeance. Our logo is a fully dimensional ship sailing through a crescent moon. It clearly says we are all about telling stories and magic and do it in three dimensional art. We needed a good sized version of our logo for the new trade show booth. I had made a sign a number of years ago which had 3/4 of the ship mounted to an oval background. The crescent moon was there too but it was blended into the background. I pried the ship off the sign and welded it into a new moon armature. Jenessa sculpted the missing bits of the ship and the new moon. She also laid on the base colours. To blend the new bits into the old ship we are calling in our expert painter Hailey. She'll make it seamless. She'll also bring Juniper to the shop while she works... which means I'll get to spend some extra time with our newest crew member.
