Shrinking a wooden pig

The BBQ pig sign looked enormous in the shop as we were creating it, and measured more than nine feet in length and four feet in diameter. It shrank a little as we moved it outside. Last week, he magically grew again as we gently stuffed him into the back of the semi trailer. Today, as the Vala crew lifted him onto the veranda roof of the new BBQ restaurant he instantly shrank once again. But he also looked perfect, framed by the gable roof end behind him. He is the ideal icon for the restaurant. The smaller version (five feet long) of the pig will be mounted over a giant outdoor fireplace (which is yet to be built) on the left corner of the building. Stay tuned for more pictures of Vala projects tomorrow…