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Stile di Famiglia

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Hi all, here is some picts and info on the fork sculpture which got installed at the beginning of may.

Stile di Famiglia (Family Style)

After being short listed for this sculpture call in the Towns Little Italy development in Omaha NE, we were asked to come up with proposals that were distinctly Italian and represented the feel for the neighborhood, which seemed very fun, friendly, and in some ways close to each other, much like a family. I kept coming back to the idea of a big Italian family sitting around a table eating dinner, everyone talking about their life or how their week went, laughing and enjoying the company.


Fork Sculpture-Part 2

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Hi all, been a while since I've posted any work. We just installed the first half of the fork and spaghetti sculpture Monday and I got a couple of picts. Still need to put the finish on the bottom part of the fork and there is a decorative piece that goes on the front face of the fork handle. I used 14ga SS on this sculpture,as opposed to 12ga on the last one, over a structural framework and skeleton and kind of regretted it on the handle. For some reason the middle portion of the fork handle on the front side caved in between the skeleton, but just that 4' stretch and only on the front. The decorative piece will cover most of it up, but it's still annoying and I have absolutely know idea why it did it. I'm aware of stresses and all, but it should have done it on the back as well I would have thought.


Fork Scupture

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Hi All, thought I'd post something in response to Janet's prod. Sorry for not posting more, I'm so behind in my projects and in a bit of a funk to boot. Bad combination. A few month ago i posted a maquette of a fork and spaghetti sculpture for Little Italy in Omaha, NE. The project is a 13' fork twirling spaghetti out of stainless steel. The design was created in conjunction with an engineer and was designed to make the best use of materials/budget. Here are some progress picts.


Fork Scupture

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Hi All, thought I'd post something in response to Janet's prod. Sorry for not posting more, I'm so behind in my projects and in a bit of a funk to boot. Bad combination. A few month ago i posted a maquette of a fork and spaghetti sculpture for Little Italy in Omaha, NE. The project is a 13' fork twirling spaghetti out of stainless steel. The design was created in conjunction with an engineer and was designed to make the best use of materials/budget. Here are some progress picts.


Lucky Day

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Hi all, Just found out today that two sculpture proposals were accepted for an RFP for a riverwalk up in Yankton, SD. Thought I'd post the proposals.

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Ascension Sculpture-Before, During, After

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Hi all, just got sent some great photos of a site before we put the sculpture in to after the plantings had grown. What a difference it makes to have the landscaping mature. There are earlier posts on this sculpture, but here is the concept for the sculpture, which was to small to read on the presentation pages that i posted.


Toughest Project Yet

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Hi all, thought I'd post a project from a bit earlier this summer which ended up being the toughest project I've worked on yet. Although I've never done a curved railing before, it was the logistics of the project that made it so difficult. First off, I came in late on the project, the steel worker on the job wasn't able to fabricate it, so I wasn't involved with the design process and all I had to go off of for a set of plans was a couple of photos from a magazine. At this point the rail had to be fabricated on site, had i been involved with the project from the get go, i think we could have figured out a way to build it in the shop and then crane it up, but it was too late for that. Second, the project was already 6weeks behind and the clients were living in a motel room bc their previous house had sold and they were chomping at the bit to move in. The job site was in one of the Penthouse Condos on top of a 14 story building requiring two elevators to get up to the site, one to the 12th floor and then another very small elevator(or stairway) to the 14th floor. This second elevator was too small for 8' materials and as slow as you can imagine, 30 feet per minute which seems like an eternity in a small stuffy box.


New Photo Etching Thread

OK, so I decided to try creating a new thread to see if posting info on it would be easier.

I just looked into photo etching not too long ago, so I'm no expert and won't offer much advice but here are some sites I found on the subject.


having trouble posting

Hi All, I've been trying to respond to Crquack's thread on photo etching but none of my posts have gone through. I'm posting this to see if it will go through and find out if anyone else is having troubles posting.


Band Saws and Blades

Well, i think i'm going to take Rich up on his offer and try to get my Band Saw running right instead of selling it. I have a few projects coming up where it would come in handy,but before I call for the set up advice i wanted to get some new blades for it to make sure that i can rule poor blades out as the problem. Rich had said Lenox was the ticket for him so I was going to give those a try, but their website lists lots and lots of different blade types. Any advice on what type of blade to get from them? I have a job coming up where I will need to cut lots of 1-1/4" or 1-1/2" sched 40 stainless steel pipe, other than that it will probably be large mild steel tubing, heavy mild steel bar stock, or stainless bar and pipe. The blade size is 64-1/2"x 1/2".


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