Uncategorized

It’s all about reliefs

I started in on the Lark Rise post today. This is both challenging and FUN! To do a project like this you REALLY have to understand how to make reliefs, and what happens with the merge commands. There is no faking this kind of complex file.  I first created vectors by hand tracing the various elements of the post.

read more

A few more things off the list

This morning I loaded the front seat, back seat and box of the truck with completed signs, materials and tools I would need and then headed to the Fox & Hounds Pub.  The dart board was the first piece, then the cooler (CELLAR) door. Above it I finished sculpting the fittings and taps onto the purposely exposed telephone conduits

read more

A little of everything

One of our current projects is one that will use pretty much every feature and technique we can muster including the four axis capabilities of the MultiCam. Textures, bevels, layers, fancy turning, indexing, and plenty of bits and pieces and lots more are used on the sign. Our client owns a small acreage, with buildings that evoke a Hobbit feel.

read more

Laying on the paint

Today was spent largely laying primer and base coats on a whole lot of small routed pieces in the shop. This stage of our projects is the least spectacular but time consuming none-the-less. The small shady rest sign got the most color with the foliage receiving one glaze with more to come.

read more