A photo of the studio's concrete pad looking out to the main street.
| Like the Studio itself, this particular page is under construction. After many e-mails, I decided to put up something so people could follow my progress. I will be changing and adding pictures as things begin to happen! |
A photo of the studio's concrete pad looking out to the main street. |
| As many of my clients, friends and family know. I've been working towards building my own studio for over 3 years. The actual construction began in the Summer of 2002, with the clearing and leveling of land (by hand) and building a new pump house in order to make way for the future studio.
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While much of the work was done by Misty (my wife) and me, I MUST mention my good neighbor, Dave Sundburg, owner of Northwest Land Development. At the moment my stress-level was peaking and my land-level was anything BUT level, Dave brought over his excavator and laser transit and spent the day perfecting my soon-to-be studio! The only thing missing from the scene was his Super Hero Cape. Thank you Dave! I spent a couple of weeks hand-digging the footer for the building and setting up all the forms for the concrete (a 1st for me), and then in November, the infamous Seattle weather cooperated and gave us two glorious days without rain (a little mist and drizzle, but EVERYONE knows those aren't 'rain'). We jumped at the opportunity and poured 5 trucks worth of concrete! |
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| Again I have people to thank! Ruth, Dan . . . Thank you!! These two concrete experts bailed me out when I was in a pinch! You see, the first concrete "company" I hired turned out to not have a license or any of those minor things like insurance, bonding, or even a good work ethic and defrauded me out of $1,300. At the last second, Dan and Ruth stepped in to save the day. Once again, there were no Super Hero Capes.... but there should have been.
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DECEMBER 26, 2002 Guess what Santa brought me? Coming in at an entire MONTH early, MY STUDIO ARRIVED by flatbed truck! It's now sitting covered on my pad awaiting a few nice days (hopefully before June). The building itself is an arched design that goes up in 2 foot sections, and supposedly will go up in a snap. I like the idea of the overhead crane system that's in this picture and may try to build something like it once I'm up and running. |
JANUARY 3, 2003
The Studio's arrival brought the Rainy Season with it. The tarps over the building pieces are just for show. Anyone from the Great Northwest knows that a mere piece of plastic can't keep out the weather. As it happened, the two skids were only covered for a couple of days until I could finish up my work with another artist and concentrate all my attention on the task at hand.
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Misty decided to do a second inventory. We just couldn't believe that the two small skids were carrying it all. In order to start constructing the individual arches, we had to first remove all 5,500 pounds of steel to get to each component. |
| Here we are laying out the three uppermost components of the arches. There are 7 total to each arch. James is taking a 30 second break so the household documentarian can do her thing. |  |
JANUARY 4, 2003
Misty had to work all day today. Lucky for ME, it only rained TWO INCHES! Yes, it was a little wet, but my 3 years of intense training allowed me to rise to the challenge. Of course, 20 minutes before Misty arrived home, the rain stopped and the clouds parted making for a beautiful redish light and Misty asking why I was dressed up like a Swedish Fisherman. (I took my Nor'wester off for the pictures, and if you don't know what a nor'wester is, just ask.)
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JANUARY 5, 2003
BE PATIENT! IT'S STILL THE 4th!
