For Darryl I decided to do something a little more formal. As I played around in my sketchbook I decided I liked to play diamonds against share shapes
Brother Darryl
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Shop and studio tour
Today I decided I would do something a little different. I’ve shown bits and pieces of the shop and studio in the hundreds of pictures on the blog but I get many requests to show how it all fits together
Distort tool – EnRoute 5
For Dustin’s name tag I decided on an old western theme. He owns and operates a theme park with a railroad theme. I types in the lettering, enlarging the ‘D’ and ‘N’.
Pure Magic
More than six years ago I clearly remember watching my shiny new MultiCam run down the table, stop at a precise location and then magically carve away at a piece of Precision Board to reveal the piece I had designed a few minutes previously at my desk. It was pure MAGIC. The pieces I designed at first were very simple for I had so much to learn
A star is born
Chris’ name plaque had a lot less steps compared to some of the others. It was to be a simple domed oval with border and slightly raised textured center. I tweaked the font I chose as the ‘s’ was higher than the other letters
No horsing around today
Today was a busy one in the shop, both getting ready for the upcoming Sign Magic Workshop and also working on some projects. The Lark Rise sign got the bulk of the attention today with the final base oats and glazes being applied. The ladies did the bulk of the work and did a great job too! In the shot below Sarah and Haley are just finishing the second coat of glaze on the post
Good enough to eat!
The last time I made name plaques one of them looked a little like a plate of spaghetti.
Playing with new toys
With the next Sign magic Workshop now only a week away we are very busy creating the name plaques we give each attendee. For the first one I wanted to create the look of an old piece of news paper with Darrel’s name on it. The font I used was called American typewriter. To get an antique look I decided I would give a new tool in EnRoute 5 a try
Butterfly house concept
This week has been largely all about our new house and other business matters. Not much got accomplished in the studio or shop so far. The new house was very much in mind when we purchased our first MultiCam six years ago and also the new four axis model we just replaced it with.