While most of our sign work is for theme parks and signs we occasionally get to do a project for the ‘real’ world. This week we got the go-a-head to begin work on a sign for a local housing complex. The sign will replace an ancient sandblasted wood sign and will measure approximately eight feet wide when it is complete. It’s a simple but elegant design. Stay tuned for the real deal soon…
Cider Mill land at Vala's
Under construction for more than four years, the new Cider Mill area of Vala’s Pumpkin Patch will open to the public in a few short weeks. Imagination Corporation has been designing and fabricating various projects for the ‘land’ for three years. This information sign is one of the many features which will greet and inform guests as they enter. The rusty steel panel will hold notices (held in place with magnets) of each day’s activities, entertainment and apples which are currently ready for picking.
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…
