It's been a little longer than expected since my last journal update on the fish sign challenge. Been busy working on some other projects at the same time as working on the fish...so here we go. I've done a lot of modeling and cutting and clean-up. Soon I will start in on the assembly, sculpting and on to primer and painting. Slide 1 shows the base of my sign/display which will total approx. 3" thick. Still some cleaning up to be done and smaller gears to add but it's looking pretty mechanical and marine-ish. Slide 2 shows a series of gears which will be used to replace the fins of the fish. (a sneak-peek of the eye can also be seen at the top) Slide 3 shows the mechanical ribs. Slide 4 is one of two port-hole framed magnifying glasses that will be used to "study" the mechanica fish. Stay tooned for more developments with the mechanical fish. Next update will be focused on another project I've been working on...a memorial pet planter.
Thanks for visiting! > Ryan aka RKG Here's a fun story for you... Back in (I think it was June) three very talented guys were attending a sign makers workshop and talking smack...LOL...good ole friendly smack that is. They were: Dan Sawatzky, Jamie Oxenham and Doug Haffner. Eventually the talk turned to a challenge ... to build a second addition to the original "Institute for Study of Mechanical Marine Life" sign originally created by Oxenham Design. The rules were simple, the sign must be 3d, and contain the text "The Institute for Study of Mechanical Marine Life" and contain some sort of marine creature. The deadline was set to be Canadian Labour Day...but was eventually extended to Halloween.
Each entrant will include a small blurb regard the direction they chose for the sign, as well as any backstory to bring the sign to life. After the three started posting their progress on their blogs the friendly "competition" went global! So...after a series of delays I've finally got my hands on some material and have started to make some progress. Stay tuned here for progress reports on this and many other fun projects. Check out some of the other entries here: http://forums.oxenhamdesign.com/post?id=6424247 |