The hardest question I get asked is 'What kinds f things can we design and build?' The answer is 'Just about anything we can imagine!' Spanning through the last forty years, the variety of projects that we designed is vast. Each time the giant shop doors open something cool is bound to come out. Even longer, is the list of projects we have designed for others to build. I was going through some old photos this past week and came across two projects we designed back when we lived in Chemainus in the 1980's. The little town is famous for it's historical murals. A friend decided to open a mural tour service and asked me to design a horse drawn wagon. Things went so well they soon needed a second tour vehicle, this time self propelled. We converted a tractor into an English train. Both were built on a tight budget but turned out great!
Instant colour!
It is always exciting to watch our sculptures come to life as we add the coats of paint and glazes. The ticket booth for the Flutterbye ride is getting more colourful every day. The giant bug came back from the powder coaters adorned in it's bright hues. We will finish sculpting the body next week and then polish off the paint job. The gigantic tree/operator's booth now sports it's base colours with the glazes to start on Monday. It is going to be a wonderfully bright feature when it is done.
Around the world in a day
When Peter is in charge on a concrete day we know we are going to have to work hard. At the beginning of the day we discussed the goal which was to sculpt the bottom half of the globe and if we did well to do the top portion as well. By first coffee the goal had mysteriously changed to sculpt the entire globe including the ribbon around it. A goal that ambitious meant all of the other jobs in the shop were going to be set aside for the day. The concrete was in place by noon and as it rapidly cured lunch plans were also set aside for the duration. It was all hands on deck with the sculpting tools. The push was well worth the effort however as we indeed accomplished our new more ambitious goal and it looked fabulous thanks to the efforts of the entire crew!
