Clayburn

A short while ago we were approached by a veterinarian from a local town to design and build a new sign for them. She wanted animals on the sign and wanted it to be in our usual fun style which she loved. She trusted us to come up with something that worked. The sign looks professional, as befitting the business but it also has a fun twist.  The brick base is a nod to the historic little village of Clayburn which used to be famous for it’s red clay bricks. It was the first ‘company town’ in British Columbia. Forty years ago I laid thousands of these Clayburn bricks on a house project we built. 

I worked up the design for the sign, with input from our crew and printed it to her. The vet loved it and with a couple of very minor changes asked us to proceed. The sign looks professional, as befitting the business of this type but the animals add a fun twist.  It is going to be a great project which everyone on the crew will enjoy!!

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Side one finished sculpting

We finished sculpting the tree on the first side of the Hazelnut Inn sign today. Grant had the tough job of mixing the epoxy, doing his best to keep up to me as I laid it onto the sign and worked in the textures. The pebbles on the ground under the tree are formed as small balls of epoxy and then pressed on. As I did them it felt like there were almost as many of the stones as the were cut steel leaves up top. We were all pleased with the result however and felt it well worth the effort.

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16 days and counting

The next Sculpture Magic Workshop is now only 16 sleeps away. I’ve been hearing from many of the attendees and they are excited! So am I and our crew as preparations are in full blast mode. Today, I finished routing the last of the name plaques for guests and crew. The others are in the final stages of painting and these have joined that queue to be sure they are ready in time. The theme of this workshop is ‘TELLING A STORY’ We’ve got many stories to share!

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