These days we are thinking a lot about our Sign Magic Workshops. The next one to be held here in our studio is now only a week away
Workshops! Workshops! Workshops!
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Chasing the elusive butterfly
As we begin planning our new house in earnest, one of our happy tasks is to choose the perfect theme. Like our commercial projects the theme will extend to the corner blocks of the doors and windows and throughout the trim of the building. On commercial projects this is part of the branding, while in our house it will be merely decor
A few more details
Today was another day at the Fox and Hounds.
The color starts
With the carving and sculpting now done it is time to kick off the painting process. First the usual coat of FSC 88-WB primer from Coastal Enterprises. This smoothes things out a little and also is used to apply a subtle texture to the lettering by using a small brush on those areas.
Reaching around the world!
It never ceases to amaze me that people from literally around the world take the time to follow our blog regularly. Most who follow the blog are fellow professionals, who desire to learn about how we do things in our shop. I get lots of emails from these folks which often include pictures of projects they have done, inspired by what they have seen on our website.
Sign Magic Workshop almost here!
The last couple days have been frantic with many meetings and lots of organizing. I haven’t had much time to create routing files. The beauty of having a MultiCam is I can easily keep it busy while I do other things.
Ultimate project?
They say the hardest project for any artist to do is one for themselves. I know it to be true through experience. But these projects also allow us the ultimate freedom to do what pleases us and have the potential to be out best work
Assembly
Once the router was finished cranking out all the pieces of the Lark Rise project it was time to start in on assembly. The first task was to weld up a steel frame that would go through the sign and also down the post to provide structural strength. Although the sign board looks like it can swing it is actually welded in place. The horizontal steel pipe is welded to the vertical pipe that goes from top to bottom through the middle of the post
Routing times with textures
A question that often pops up in our email box and at workshops is about routing times. Folks want to know how long it will take to run these kinds of files.