Wednesday, August 22, 2012

some time art programs are made for fun.  mummy cats are just funny. come on now!

during a renovation project i was asked to construct a temporary 50' moving wall .  it needed to go across the main entrance to the lobby.  needed to conceal the construction materials stationed behind it. it also needed to be movable & have a dimensional clean look that flowed with the property .  the final result is a 50' rolling fence secured in concrete and ajoining landscape with  a custom MDO wood painted facing .
dimensional "rock" graphics . flat cut aluminum logo graphics . sign below is the main street marque.     
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Monday, August 20, 2012

memories of the Iowa State Fair and the fairgrounds themselves are still memories i own .
 these were the days you could dump off your kids and somehow they materialized later in the day .
 chicken in a glass box with a mini b. ball hoop. donate a nickel. chicken shoots hoops. gets food...boo.
 older brother david paying for me & him to play squirt the clown in the mouth game  . i won ..   
 won x4 bottles of coke (glass bottles) playing ring toss. carried all day.. dropped as we were leaving.
 THE CRANE GAME. Love the crane game!
 Dave Fiedler drove dirt track .(old school Nascar) we watched the race from the pits . no walls..
 the Butter Cow. is it one big piece? or a bunch of little pieces. this baby has a cult following ...
  
  
   

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

my kind of golfing baby!
HOPPIN JACKS RESTAURANT  At the Camelback Inn
this was a personal creation they allowed me to do site unseen.   the need  was for a graphic that had the "aged" appearance fro the start. 
 waterjeted  Cold rolled steel  graphics . rust within days  stud mounted for dimension.
untreated squared tubing post.  rust.
treated ceader dowled  backing  .  roughed up edges & drilled wormholes


Sunday, May 20, 2012

6 Foods That Fight Pain | Yahoo! Health

6 Foods That Fight Pain | Yahoo! Health   
this is a lot of good information in one place .  in my first 40 i fell down from playing around about every day (still do) in this 40 it is time manage the damage .  jamming ibuprofen in your grill just makes it worse ( see Charles Barkley)  especially  if your a drinker.
the turmeric is the real deal.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

this is my dog buddy.  we were driving together in traffic for about 10 miles . 

fire fly race 2012

this sea of illumination is one man in a light suit .







lit and ready to go in downtown phoenix

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

cool guys wear black socks

did the desert dualathlon couple weeks ago.  this is a bitch of an off road runs(2) 30 mile bike   prepared my self for the cold weather with my dine dri fit socks 

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Arizona Biltmore

this project involved a 30 yr old custom "v" shaped marque sign at the entrance of famous Arizona Biltmore .   Some time the previous evening  a truck plowed into and destroyed 1/2 of the the wall .  due to the history of the monument the Biltmore wanted to replicate the damaged section to MATCH the surviving half..    The biggest obstacle would be the pan channel illuminated lettering .  they are fabricated from copper  and allowed to  Naturally  patina.  the task was to match the 30 yr. process now.   and stay consistent in the future .                  

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

did the seaworld thing

 this guy was stuck here for a while . when he finally busted out there was some cheering ....

stainglass look without cost or hassle

  my good friends at the Arizona Biltmore  wanted to give there fine restaurant Frank & Albert s more of a presence on the exterior of the building . here we have x2 illuminated wall signs facing the main entrance and x1 facing the main pool and courtyard.  i wanted to give a classical stain-glass look to fit in with the AZB  architecture. the dimensional look is created by routing out (black acrylic) the "FRANK& ALBERTS and the boarder line that intersect the colors .  translucent vinyl was used for the colored areas to keep the colors true at night.                         

design for sante healthcare

 here are the x2 setups developed from the input of the customer and the surrounding options  
for the last couple of years i have been collecting images of different materials & images to use in custom full color projects.  now with this project and a few others i decided to incorporate the actual materials being used at the  actual site . here is the finished product .