The corn is knee high and the alfalfa is cut and baled and so Iowa is patterned with these stripes and polka dots. The lightning bugs arrived all-at-once, after a hot day, before a storm. Today we weighed the small trailer, 920 lbs.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Gloamy radishes and lightning bugs
The corn is knee high and the alfalfa is cut and baled and so Iowa is patterned with these stripes and polka dots. The lightning bugs arrived all-at-once, after a hot day, before a storm. Today we weighed the small trailer, 920 lbs.
Finishing wood
We took a trip to Iowa City to put finish on our wood wall pieces. John, Greta, and Carlos made an assembly line.
Greta carried the pieces to the spray station.
John sprayed on finish - three coats on the back, two on the front. We will install the pieces then spray a final coat on the fronts.
Carlos carried the pieces away, stacking them on shelves. Greta was standing ready with the next piece.
A stack of finished wood.
Greta carried the pieces to the spray station.
John sprayed on finish - three coats on the back, two on the front. We will install the pieces then spray a final coat on the fronts. 
Carlos carried the pieces away, stacking them on shelves. Greta was standing ready with the next piece.
A stack of finished wood.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Wood panel preparation
The remains of the Arkansas trailer went to the dump today. Then we started to work on the interior walls.
First we layed the templates onto new wood and traced the outline. The new pieces were cut roughly to shape on a bandsaw.
...and then fine-tuned with a belt sander...
...before drilling holes for rivets and sanding the surface with a hand sander. Then they went in a pile for a trip to Iowa City to spray on some finish.
First we layed the templates onto new wood and traced the outline. The new pieces were cut roughly to shape on a bandsaw.
...and then fine-tuned with a belt sander...
...before drilling holes for rivets and sanding the surface with a hand sander. Then they went in a pile for a trip to Iowa City to spray on some finish.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
View from Studio Window
The inside of the first small airstream is insulated and now looks like a room for robots. We are using thin birch plywood to cover the walls. Here, some templates from another project are temporarily held in place with to check the fit.
Nothing is square inside the space, we are making paper templates before we start cutting the plywood.
We stuck balls of masking tape on the ribs.
Then we used large sheets of construction paper to roughly fit the space.
... and tabs of paper taped to the larger sheet to fit the final dimensions.
The tape-y template is transferred to another sheet. Tomorrow we will transfer this to the plywood, cut and sand.
This is the golden horse out the studio window.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Harvest
The two endcaps and windows, various aluminum bits, a truck full of insulation, junk and brown reclusive spiders from Arkansas.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Take apart and put together
The Arkansas trailer is getting thinner, just the top and rear end to finish it off.
David making a sturdy work table out of maple for the studio.
The studio coming together, with some new lights and the work-table.
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