Today, as I was digging though some old artwork I came across this proposal for a new entrance area in Galaxyland, a very large indoor theme park at West Edmonton Mall on Alberta, Canada. By this point we had already been working on other areas of the five acre park for better than two years. Many of the ideas presented in the drawing were accepted and over the next months we did the work to make them real. It was a very fun project with a great team helping.
Weak in the knees
Our house is weak in the knees, but not for much longer. The custom house took two years to build. By the time it was mostly finished and livable we were tired, anxious to move in and content to concentrate on the business once more. That was better than two years ago. Since then work has continued on the house on a part time basis as we were able. Sidewalks were poured, the driveway put in and landscaping was done. Although the house appeared finished to most who look at it we know differently. One small detail we are currently working on is the many knees which will go on the vertical trim under the soffits. Like most things in our house we couldn't simply go to the store and buy what we needed. These are giant sized and have woodgrain and hearts carved into the surface. We had to design and fabricate each one from scratch. The first batch (of many) is now ready for paint.
Crown and Pin Pub
Jenessa has been hard at work on the pub signs. The Crown and Pin Pub sign which Peter designed and fabricated now has all of it's base coats in place. Look closely at the wall bracket and you will see the flour-de-lis subtly echoed there. The final steps are the aging glazes on the bowling pin and bracket. The sign started out advertising whiskey but the owners of NEBs liked it so much they went with Crown and Pin for the name of the pub. It was a simple matter to sub out the word 'whiskey' with 'Pub' to make it official. Well done Peter and Jenessa!
