After a quick visit to the Sullivan “jewel box” bank we will be leaving Grinnell for the drive back. Zev is doing the daylight pix for the web site, but these are suitable for the blog: We have our appointment for lunch @ 12:30, so we will do that before heading out and waving farewell […]
Michele is excited about the new approach. We went to the local lumbar yard and sourced the plywood squares, then headed to the library, arriving just before opening. Today we wear our official studioGH garb, as we work in open & active library. đź‘Ť Interjection: Librarians are the best. Before we arrived at the library […]
At the library at 8:00 AM (probably one of the earliest starts we have done, given our proclivity to work into the wee hours), Marilyn met us with scones and coffee! The glass is all laid out in the local history room. We determined that the systems we devised for laying out the holes from […]
We had a decent night’s sleep (and a nice lunch with our artist liaison in Faribault), so we are off to Grinnell, Iowa. Arrived at our place: We have just a single room at the back with some mattresses to lay on the ground, but that works for us just fine, and the setting […]
Main Street Faribault is pretty classic and relatively untouched by modern interventions or national chain stores. We went for coffee’s and cheese. We’re going for brunch at noon, but doing the photo shoot 1st (Zev got back from saving the NASA space program on a flight that got in at 6 AM). This upper level […]
Today, we allowed ourselves to sleep in pretty late. Then, brunch at the restaurant directly below where Michele stayed when she came here for the interview. Fairbault actually has quite the quintessential little Main Street, with lots of historic architecture un-altered by intervening periods of prosperity. It also has a good spot for espresso, just […]
Well, it’s 9 o’clock in the evening now, and I think we got over here at about 11 hours ago. So, I’ll recap what we did here today. We started in at the end of the building, near the fireplace, where the American Sign Language hands go. With the glass fish, glass birds, and the […]
Laying out all of the glass for the back row on the table, Zevi had a the brainstorm that we could just dimension where all the holes go right then as well, and put all the fasteners into the ceiling at once. Technique worked pretty well. This will be a really great place from which […]
Here are some of the parts and pieces that we’re working with Looking at just about 1/4 of the overall composition, here is a glimpse at what the art will look like with and without the lights on: We made reasonable progress this day and got a bit less than 1/2 of the overall scope […]
We rolled out of bed & walked the 100 yards to the site to meet with the site superintendent for the construction company. Then we loaded up the van with the crates of glass and tools and drove between the two buildings. The lift was scheduled for 8:30, and came about a half hour after […]