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More signs installed
As the project nears completion the pace is certainly ramping up. Today the last of the concrete walkways was poured inside the park, leaving only sidewalks around to go. Our crew is now down to paint and details with eight more workdays before the gates open to the public. We installed two dimensional signs today. The first was on the Happy Horse Saloon.
Custom Tooling Blocks Save Time, Money: Here’s Why
In addition to manufacturing the largest and thickest sheets in the tooling industry, Coastal Enterprises also offers an additional service to our customers: custom-bonded Precision Board tooling blocks. “Some of the layup tools we made at Skunk Works were absolutely...
Fine Art: Sculpting HDU With Master Artist Brett Steeves
One of the most impressive projects we've seen at Coastal Enterprises is the hand-carved sculpture of wild horses sculpture featured on our home page. We've always marveled at the skill required to bring such a beautiful piece to life, and when offered an opportunity...
Western eye candy
There’s only ten more working days before the park opens. This means the hours are long and the pace is quick. We have one more day of sculpted concrete work to do and then it is down to paint. The clock ticks loud each and every day. Today the crew finished painting and glazing the upper false fronts
Fish Carving 101: Learn How To Carve Your Favorite Fish!
Esteemed world-champion carver Larry Gilbert has created complete instructional fish hand carving kits to spark the interest of today's youth in both fishing and carving. Designed for children and adults 10 years and older, each kit contains: Instructional Booklet and...
Armadillo Hotel sign hung
No matter how great a sign may look in our studio the important thing is how it looks when it gets installed. Today, it was time at last to install the Armadillo Hotel sign. We loaded it onto the man lift and then raised it into position.
Long shot, medium view and closeup
As we put together each of our projects I design for three views. Long shots, medium views and closeups. In our large current project we were able to do it for every element (and there are many) of the park. The long shot of the setting needs to grab people’s attention and hold their interest
There’s nothing like a dimensional sign!
It is no secret that I’m a HUGE fan of dimensional signs. It’s all we do. But I am also a he fan of including a sculptural element on the signs. It makes them POP! In my case, more often than not this sculptural element will be a dimensional cartoon character. It is what I love and what I have gotten very good at.
KDF’s “Bailey’s Smokehouse” Sign Featured in the June Issue of Sign Builder Illustrated Magazine
Click Here for the full article. http://issuu.com/signbuilderillustrated/docs/june_2014_sign_builder_illustrated/37?e=0