It's now down to sculpting the small details while the painting begins on the larger areas. Peter is sculpting the first of six ladybugs setting the style and level of detail before the crew jumps in to help. Jenessa is working on other details like the heavy 'rope' which holds up one end of the banner. These pieces are looking pretty cool. I can hardly wait to see everything painted!
Saving ideas for a rainy day
I have a file on my computer desktop full of concept art, drawn through the years for various projects which never managed to get past the idea stage. Most of these concepts have never been seen by anyone outside of our studio. A new project came to us in the past few weeks which may just use some of these ideas I've been saving... stay tuned for more developments...
Sculpting almost done
With the 2017 Sign Invitational now only a little more than three weeks distant the pressure is on to finish my entry for this year. We've been so busy in the shop with customer's projects and life in general that this project has slipped between the cracks for the last month. But with the time needed for shipping the reality is that it needs to be finished this coming week. I managed a little time in the past week to do some sculpting and am now almost done. The sign painter perched precariously on the swing stage is now sculpted. It is time to begin painting the hard to reach areas so I can permanently fasten the wheels and riving rods onto the engine. There are of course a few more surprises in store to take the piece over the top in time for the show. Stay tuned...
