The last two months have been a bit chaotic.

                                                                                 

I have been working at the baseball field again doing sponsor signs, am back to working with FedEx again on a part time basis and have started a new sculpture.

we took the 65 Falcon to the Back to the Fifties car cruise with Sammy our Pomeranian, he got lots of ooh's and aww's, the car not so much :)

cake topper

this is a wedding cake topper I made

 it is made of an old aluminum foil pie plate, and some foam balls all covered in magic sculpt epoxy clay

the handrail is done

 this is a shot of the base coat that I applied last week and let set for a couple of days.

 I went back on Sat the 12th and finished up the post and rails with two glazes, one a purplish brown color and the second a blue-green black, applied liberally and blotted off with rags to get the effect I was looking for. I offered to come back and gray it a bit to match the surrounding trees but my parents said they were happy with the look.

not sure yet if we are going to paint the rocks on the risers of the steps they look pretty good natural, and blend in quite well with the existing rocks.

A little support

Yesterday May 4th I started a handrail at my parents house, they are getting for a wedding (mine) and a couple of family reunions this summer.

They asked me if I would like to make the rail and posts into branches and such, plus put some support under the leading edge of the steps, they are just setting on the dirt and tend to tip when you step on the leading edge, so I said sure and got to work.

 These two photos are at the end of the day Fri May 4th

The last three photos are at the end of today. I will be going back to do a little more detailing with some 2 part epoxy clay, and then it will be on to paint should be done before the end of the week, I've still got to get the cake topper done and was thinking about a sign for the end of my parents driveway.

Stump Grinding

A long time friend recently purchased a stump grinder to augment his landscape maintenance business, so I am making a sign that will sit at the edge of his property on a well traveled road here in Grants Pass.

I've had the framework done for a few days, and today I got started coating with fiberglass reenforced concrete and an epoxy clay called magic sculpt. Hopefully I can get this done in the next 4 or 5 days.

Christmas presents

Just got done making a sign for my step dad. thought I would show how I did.


I started with a pencil sketch and then inked it in.
I then scanned that into my computer and scaled it to size and printed it out on 6 pieces of 8.5 x 11 paper.


I transferred that to the plywood and cut it out and started painting
I also took an old weathered 1 x 12 that had been outside for a few years and sketched the lettering on


after it was all painted I put a plywood spacer behind the truck and mounted it to the 1 x 12, I then added a french cleat to the back of the sign and sanded it a little to make it look like it's been around awhile



here's a picture of the truck after it was built 2 years ago, I also pinstriped the flames and lettering on the truck

and here it is with the sign I made earlier this year.

work, work, work

well work has been a little busy, my personal life has taken a turn, and things in general are fantastic.



I redid the Cary's of Oregon candy store signs as they had repainted the building, got the go ahead on repainting and refurbishing some signs for a property owner, repainted the sign at Oregon Swiss Precision, and finally installed the for lease sign I did a month or so ago. Also did some logo signs for Oregon RV Outlet, and some t-shirts for the robot club.



I will also be doing some more work for Thrive wellness, and some inside signs for OSP. And got another sign for the baseball field, gotta get to it before the rain starts.

gonna get some bills paid.

casting call

Couple of weeks ago I got a call from an older lady wanting some copies of a primitive hand carved wall hanging. not having done something quite this large I severely underestimated materials, but now have a little better idea how much material these things take and how much they cost.




the one in the center is the original, and the customer was very happy.

it's BBQ time

here is the latest job. done in sherwin williams resilience line of paints

I spent a couple hours coming up with the pig logo on Mon, had it OK'd on Tues made patterns that night and painted early Wed. Next up I'm going to make a small model of the logo in 3D so that I can upsell them on a sculpture to go over their door. it's gonna look cool.

challenges

I was asked to paint a panel to replace the ad panel in a coke machine, the paints I use are opaque and the panel would be backlit so I needed some transparency. I mounted the panel up on some 2 X 4's and leaned them up against the partially open garage doors so I could get light behind the painting and know how much paint I was laying down. The difference is like night and day.



here is the panel with light from the front





and here it is lit from behind

bread and butter

the simple signs like this are called bread and butter signs, usually plain and ordinary but quick and profitable. just finished touching this up, now to send out the invoice and wait for payment.

A little more work

I finished the wall sign Saturday, next up is the sign on the front of the building, but I'll have to hire a boom to get up over the awning.

I also delivered some corex signs and picked up another job. I'll be painting a beach scene on a piece of plexiglass that will replace the original in a coke machine, and tomorrow I've gotta paint one more sign at the baseball field.

Busy, Busy, Busy again

well heres the photos of the lawn chairs I promised a week or so ago.



work has been real good and lots of communication with potential clients. the permit applications have been submitted for the wall signs so that should be a go soon.

all the signs that are going to get done have been done at the ball field for this year







I've also done an antique style sign for the GPHS class reunion of 1968 taking place in a week or two

There's a bunch more but I'll save it for later

A little update

Well I've been working intermittently at the ball park due in part to weather and most of the work is done, still 2 signs to go.

I am running a mural special for the month of July, up to 48 sq ft for $1000 for the first 5 murals commissioned.

I have also been painting some old lawn chairs from the fifties one will have a zebra pattern and the other a cheetah, they will be titled "Predator and Prey". Also did a few rustic garage/hotrod signs, and pulled a little wooden tray out of the trash and painted it up for a friend.

Shut out at the ballpark

Today there was an early game, 11am, so players were already out on the field at 9am so no work today on the signs. Back at it tomorrow but more of the same on Wed.

In the mean time here is a picture of the Bigfoot art piece I worked on last week.





6ft X 12ft, that's a Bigfoot

still more ballpark

Yesterday we scraped and primed two signs and touched up the Copeland sign


Today I added the address to Leavitt Group and called it done and went on to painting Fields and the Active Club

Take me out to the ballpark

A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by the president of the local baseball league to repaint the signs surrounding the field, as the previous sign.painter was retiring for medical reasons.

Today I finished the first of these signs, only 14 more to go :)

the signs are 8ft tall by 12ft long on average, a few are bigger and there are a couple that are smaller.

They are in very rough condition and require scraping and priming prior to any painting

This sign is typical of the condition of most of the signs, this sign is not yet on the list. One I will be painting is next to this one.

This one gets painted tomorrow with a few changes.


This is what I faced this morning after prepping last Thursday.


And this was two hours later double coated and ready for a few more years service