We always allow for extended deadlines to complete our projects for several reasons. One of those reasons is to enable our customers to add to their order if needed. One of our favourite customers, Vala’s Pumpkin Patch in Nebraska, decided they needed three more good-sized signs and features in this year’s order. We measured out the feature frames to ensure we could squeeze these extra pieces on the truck and confirmed we had the time to do the projects and still meet our original promised delivery date. In the last weeks, we have made substantial progress. Today, the entire crew tackled the sculpting of the rock work. We made great progress and will finish up this giant section of the tower tomorrow. The top stone crown is underway just to the rear and should be to the same state of progress by week’s end.
Little Miss Muffet
We are fabricating a piece for one of the large raised planters in the Storybook Land of Vala’s Pumpkin Patch will be Little Miss Muffet. Access to this area is a challenge and so we are striving to make the piece as light as possible to make it a little easier for the installation crew. The feature will still have a welded steel frame but we will skin it with two coats of sculpting epoxy. I got a good start on the armature today and by tomorrow we hope to begin slathering on the first coat of epoxy. Stay tuned to watch this fun piece come together…
Freya's sign
The artwork we produce is often created in collaboration with our customers. When I was in Nebraska, we decided to make three more signs and features for Vala’s Pumpkin Patch by summer’s end. One of the signs was for a new ride which they had dubbed Freya’s Egg Spinner. Freya is eight years old and the daughter of one of the farm owners. I was at their house for dinner one evening and while there I got to sit down with the ride’s namesake, Freya. Together we designed the sign. The font we used for her name is custom, patterned after her signature. Freya’s favourite colour is teal so we had to use that on the larger letters. Her second favourite colour is orange and that too was incorporated into the sign. After a quick search online we located a picture of a chick and the broken egg reminded Freya of the ride bucket that guests would spin in as they rode. We’ll sculpt a 3D version of that atop the sign. Freya decided the background of the sign would feature a brown woodgrain as a background. We began work on the sign today and I know Freya will be keeping a close eye on our progress, reading the posts as they are uploaded. Stay tuned for more pics in the coming days…
