Today, we took a little time to work on a project that has been waiting for more than two years. We have to keep the gates to our property closed as much as possible to prevent a constant stream of 'tourists' who drive in, curious about 'who we are', 'what do we do here?' and 'are we open?' We only accept visits by appointment to keep our daily schedule manageable. The gates by the road are automatic and for a little better than two years the post that held the key pad has been a bare welded armature - waiting for it's sculpted skin of concrete. With a couple hours to spare (while we waited for the truck to return with our galvanized ship pieces) today was the day! It was a great opportunity to explore some new sculpting techniques and was a lot of fun! We now have the fanciest gate keypad post in all of Yarrow! :)
One more day!
The weather was perfect for painting today and the crew made great progress laying on the paint and glazes. They came close to finishing but we decided the shields were a little too dark and so it was back to base coat on them. We'll make another attempt to get them perfect tomorrow along with the last of the glazes on the bottom of the ship. Hopefully by noon this first half of the ship will be done! Then it is on to the next.
It looks like a fine wood boat
The crew continues to make wonderful progress on the first half of the first Viking ship while we continue out wait for the return of more pieces from the galvanizer. Today, the painters completed the blended base coats and then applied the first glaze on the wood planks. The result popped the grains very well. Another darker glaze will really make it shine. They will begin applying the colours on the top plank and the shields as well as painting and glazing the barnacles and applying a little algae growth along the water line.
