Work continues at full speed over at the Hazelnut Inn. The tile work is coming along nicely. Peter is busy gluing in the hundreds of small border tiles. This double border undulates around the curved walls of the room. Peter is making significant progress, and by the end of the week, this work will be complete, allowing him to resume filling in the center section of the floor. In the bathroom, Julianne has almost completed the expansive tile work on the walls. Things are on schedule for the open house in only sixty-five days on June 7…
Third crow under way
We made significant progress on the giant crow chandelier today. The second crow is fully sculpted, and the third is about two-thirds complete. Tony did the big job of keeping me supplied with mixed epoxy while Keith worked on applying the diamond lath to the log armatures. By the end of the workday tomorrow this piece will be ready to begin the sculpted concrete.
Crow number 2
Today’s task was too rough sculpt crow number two on the giant barn chandelier for the Kraay Family Farm in Alberta. I first welded up the armature and then welded on the plasma cut tail and wing feathers. Then I did up a quick pencil rod armature and stuffed it with balls of crumpled tinfoil. I then squeezed on a rough coat of sculpting epoxy which Tony worked hard to supply in a timely manner. By day’s end the rough shape of the crow was evident. Tomorrow’s task will be to do the feathers. Stay tuned…
