Kevin Langmaack is an art instructor at Central Valley Christian School. He teaches a 3D foam carving art class to high school students. They learn about creating realistic objects through carving high-density urethane foam. Langmaack talks about the concepts behind the class and why he loves using Precision Board HDU in his popular foam carving..
The students at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California, are creating sculptures using Precision Board High-Density Urethane. It’s all part of Leland Means’ sculpture class. He’s exposing the kids to materials they may use in the professional world and empowering them to expand their skill sets. Coastal Enterprises provides Precision Board to universities around..
When Shane Durnford created an architectural gable for a home, he used Precision Board HDU and hand-carved the incredible detail into it. For him it was a return to sign work & he couldn’t be happier about it. Shane talks about bringing this work of art to life through craftsmanship, skill and the use of Precision Board..
Coastal Enterprises, manufacturers of Precision Board HDU, is proud to announce a series of guest blogs written by Dan Sawatzky of Imagination Corporation, which will be posted on the Precision Board Blog at the end of each month. In this month’s entry, Dan Sawatzky talks about getting a head start on next year’s Sign Invitational..
Coastal Enterprises, manufacturers of Precision Board HDU, is proud to announce a series of guest blogs written by Dan Sawatzky of Imagination Corporation, which will be posted on the Precision Board Blog at the end of each month. In this month’s entry, Dan gives us some insight into using Precision Board PBLT-30 to make an incredibly detailed..
Mike Smith with Creative Scribing has a boneyard with drops of Precision Board HDU from his day job and uses them to make various projects- like shop signs and artwork. His most recent creation involved some drops that he turned into an Art Deco wall hanging. Mike gives us some tips on how to turn..
Thinking about using Precision Board HDU in combination with other types of materials for a project? We talked to James A. Powell, VP of Design at Monster City Studios in Fresno, California, about a recent project his team worked on involving both Precision Board and EPS (expanded polystyrene AKA ‘bead foam’). He needed quick turnaround on a..
Sign Builder Illustrated wrote up a fantastic article about the 2017 Sign Invitational, including information on next year’s show. The magazine spoke to the top three winners about how they came up with their designs and the methods and materials they used to achieve the finished product. Dan Sawatzky from Imagination Corporation took first place..
Suffolk University Students Design with Precision Board HDU Precision Board is a truly user-friendly medium for art and design. It allows even the most entry-level artists, architects, and designers to create a tangible object from just an idea and some rudimentary tools. Whether the objective is structural, architectural, or abstract, anyone can design with Precision Board! Creating..
A few weeks ago some of our skilled craftsmen at Coastal showed how to add remarkable texture and dimension to your Precision Board project using our TSF-45 Texture Surface Finish. We were happy to hear from our loyal readers that the post got their creative wheels turning. After experimenting with new textures and contemplating the possibilities, the questions are..
