New Children's Museum Furniture

I have spent the last few weeks knocking out this furniture for the New Children's Museum in downtown San Diego.

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98 Bottles Sign

A new wine bar opened up in Little Italy named 98 Bottles. Its a nice place with some great owners. I had the opportunity to make them a backlit street front sign. Its an aluminum face and backlit with an amber colored acrylic.


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Here is a shot from a little further away.
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Check out 98 Bottles HERE

Wine Rack

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New Childrens Museum prototype

These tables and stools were prototypes for the New Children's Museum in downtown San Diego.

NCM stools tables

Renoir folio cases

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Oooh GOLD!

We finally silkscreened the lids for the folio cases. The clients logo was silk screened in gold and look amazing. Sorry for the horrible pic quality!!
(Iphone 5 where are you?)


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New Chair

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Red White and Black

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Leather Laser engraved handles

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I bought raw leather and shaped, dyed, and finished these leather handles. As a surprise to my client I had his signature laser engraved into the surface.

StayClassy reception desk sign installed

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StayClassy reception desk sign installed but this iPhone camera is horrible!

StayClassy reception desk sign finished

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StayClassy reception desk sign in finished and ready for installation.

StayClassy reception desk sign in progress

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StayClassy reception desk sign in progress.

StayClassy hallway sign finished

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And here is the StayClassy S all finished and ready for installation.

StayClassy hallway sign in progress

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This S is going in the hallway in the StayClassy offices. It is all assembled and welded, just need to apply some finish.

StayClassy signs in progress

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StayClassy signs all cleaned up and ready to start assembly.

Miller 330 bp tig welder

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My stepdad found this beast of an old school tig welder. Gonna have fun unloading this 900 pounder.

Etchells Worlds 2011 Championship trophies finished

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Etchells Worlds 2011 Championship trophies finished and boxed, ready for pickup! They are prints of an original painting by Alexandre Renoir in a floating acrylic frame. I made custom laser engraved name plates from brushed stainless steel to match the hardware.

Diagraph stencil cutting machine

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When buying some tools off a guy on the Coronado Navy base, I scored this old school stencil cutting machine made by Diagraph.

Folio cases for Alexandre Renoir in progress

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I have been working on these folio cases to hold lithographs for the artist Alexandre Renoir. The finish came out great on both and this iPhone picture does them no justice.

Etchells Worlds 2011 Championship trophies

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I had the honor of making 50 trophies for the Etchells Worlds 2011 championship regatta. This is them in progress stacked in my studio.

Walnut Cabinet

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I had some really nice pictures taken of the new Virgin de Guadalupe piece in solid black walnut with green, white and red LED backlight. The veneered acrylic panel was cut with a CNC router and has 54 LEDs built in the back panel. The image is a Day of the Dead Virgin de Guadalupe.

Walnut Day of the Dead Virgin de Guadalupe

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New Virgin de Guadalupe finished piece in solid black walnut with green, white and red LED backlight. The veneered acrylic panel was cut with a CNC router and has 54 LEDs built in the back panel. The image is a Day of the Dead Virgin de Guadalupe.

Walnut Cabinet with blue and white backlight

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New Virgin de Guadalupe piece in progress made in solid black walnut with blue and white LED backlight. The veneered acrylic panel was cut with a CNC router and has 54 LEDs built in the back panel. The image is a Day of the Dead Virgin de Guadalupe.

16 inch table saw blade

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Brand New 16" FS Tool 80 tooth custom combination blade.

LEDs in casting resin for rib cage piece

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Look at this thing!

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I have acquired an Oliver No. 80 "Variety Saw", 16" sliding table saw. It's amazing how old machinery was made!

New Rib Cage sculpture

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New Studio

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Today I started moving into a new shop space on Kettner Blvd. in Little Italy San Diego.