Today we got to the color on the large Fox and Hounds Pub sign. The whole sign was primed with Coastal Enterprises’ FSC-88 WB primer.
Fox gets some color
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It grow on you
With the new house there are so many things going on and so many decisions to make. It is almost overwhelming at this stage but we are making great progress
Warm and fuzzy
There is lots going on these days with projects in all phases of design and production.
Productive day
Today we kept real busy and got a lot accomplished too. We finished sculpting the head of the fox today. It is much bigger than it looks.
Dimensioning a corporate logo
Most of the work we do is stuff I design. These pieces are thought out from first concept as a three dimensional pieces. For the new house project I am doing dimensional versions of some logos which I did not design and this means I have to translate their corporate looking logos into three dimensional form without destroying the integrity of the original design. The first thing I do is look at the design and decide what is flexible and what isn’t. Obviously the fonts and symbols are cast in stone as is the layout of the same
Feeling foxy!
Today was the day we were to play with sculpting epoxy – the whole day. Sarah and Hailey did the mixing while I did the sculpting.
Top end work
Today we set up the scaffold so I could apply the last of the hand done texture over the background areas of the sign. It made working on the sign a whole lot more comfortable, safer and faster. Here’s a typical section with the hand done texture done with the air powered die grinder.
Last piece on
The last piece of the Fox and Hounds Pub sign was glued in place today. There are 21 pieces in all.
First a secure foundation
Every project we create first involves creating a secure and strong structure.