Only four spots left

We’ve had a great response to our invitation to the Fall Sculpture Magic Workshop to be held in our studio October 25, 26 and 27, 2019. There are now only four spots left!

The sculpting workshop is a hands-on event. You only need to bring an open mind and your work clothes for we’ll supply everything else. You’ll weld, attach lath, mix our special formula of concrete, apply cement, and sculpt it. You will work on a variety of projects individually and in small teams. You will also construct an armature and then sculpt a wonderful piece of your own using sculpting epoxy and other materials. We’ll be doing some painting and glazing as well. We want you to try your hand at every task we do in our shop, learning the process of exactly how we do our projects.

We’ll spend some time touring the highly themed Hazelnut Inn (next door) to show how the same skills you learn in our shop are applied on a much larger scale. On top of that, you will witness our current shop projects in all stages of completion. It is a whole lot to squeeze into three days, but it is our goal to share as much as we possibly can of what took us more than forty years to learn ourselves. 

It’s going to be a fun and fast paced three days. The theme of this year’s workshop is visual storytelling. It’s all about using our imaginations to do things we have never done before. 

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Royal entrance

The entrance structure for the Copper Crown suite of the Hazelnut Inn is now well underway. We are building it in two sections on account of it being so tall. Behind is the lower section which is eight feet tall. In front is the upper section. The two tower roofs are in place and the centre roof is well underway. It’s the last roof we have to shingle and should be completed tomorrow . Stay tuned…

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Night rider

It’s not often we work overtime in the shop but occasionally it is necessary. Today, we were sending off the last of the Loco Landing features to Penticton but the truck was a couple hours late. Peter and I loaded the pieces and tied things down securely as the light faded. Even with the approaching darkness we checked everything twice and then a third time to make sure it all stayed in place during the 200 mile journey. The yard is a bit emptier which makes room for the next batch to come out of the shop.

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