WOW.....makes me feel old!
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
John ... you are old!
Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :
I remember doing a lot of billboards and wall jobs that way with my father in the '70s and '80's. Satisfying work but I hated every moment of it. Safety wasn't necessarily first on the list. Only fell twice.
Posted by Dawud Shaheed (Member # 5719) on :
I love this video...thanks for posting it Raymond
Posted by Joe Crumley (Member # 2307) on :
This is what happens when fellows find themselves. They are living their dream and aren't put off by difficulties. Joseph Campbell and Studs Terkel, wrote about it often.
Admirable.
Posted by Tony Teveris (Member # 2911) on :
The Painters Web site ( Colossal Media/Sky High Murals) has some very nice murals. True artist.
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
Good stuff!
I have worked off ladders, ladder jacks, tressels, scaffolds, scissor lifts, and booms . but never have, nor never will, work off a swing stage!
My hat is off to those guys!
[ April 23, 2010, 09:48 AM: Message edited by: Si Allen ]
Posted by George Perkins (Member # 156) on :
Very, very nice! It was very refreshing to see young guys, especially the apprentice, have so much passion. Somebody willing to go through the lengthy learning process in this age of instant gratification is rare indeed.
Posted by Dan Sawatzky (Member # 88) on :
With well over a hundred large murals under my belt this video brought back many memories. While very satisfying, the work is NOT something I miss doing on a regular basis. I've done a couple off a swing stage... don't particularly want to go there again. I have always been a fair weather painter. I scheduled my murals to happen when the temps were reasonable, although weather was still always something I struggled with on a regular basis. Seeing these guys with gloves on painting in the rain and snow was something I never had to contend with and would have hated in a BIG way. I also travelled a great deal with my murals... and there was nothing more disheartening than sitting in a hotel room 3000 miles from home waiting for the rain to stop.
I am currently in negotiation on a 200 foot long mural. The difference is this time (for the first time) it will be painted in the comfort of my studio on panels. It will be transported and raised into place by another crew under my supervision (from the ground). I anticipate I will do some touchups on site but they will be done from the comfort and relative safety of a cherry picker.
While I thoroughly enjoyed the excitement of painting wall murals I enjoy what I'm doing now far more.
-grampa dan
Posted by Dennis Kiernan (Member # 12202) on :
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Raymond Chapman: [QB] Here's a video that was posted on the hand lettering forum.
What's the hand lettering forum?
Posted by Raymond Chapman (Member # 361) on :
The Hand Lettering Forum was begun by Mike Jackson and a group of early Letterheads.
Thanks very much, Raymond.
Posted by Joe Cieslowski (Member # 2429) on :
That was very enjoyable......
Thanks Ray!
Joe,
Makin Chip$ and havin Fun!
Posted by Jon Butterworth (Member # 227) on :
When I was young and "bullet proof" Like Si.
Used to work 16ft tressles off a 16ft plank all the time. Even took a milk crate up there to stand on to do the top line. !!!!!
Ladder jacks scared me because they were not stable.
Done over a thousand skydives so height is no problem. As long as I feel secure.
Swing stages ? NO WAY!
Not after watching a TV news of two guys window cleaning on a hight rise. One end let go and they slid off onto their safety harness 20+ storeys up.
Imagine hanging there for 1/2 an hour knowing you going to die! Safety crews never got there in time before the other side let go under the weight Posted by Bruce Brickman (Member # 8180) on :
That was really a treat, Thanks Raymond! Not only was the subject tops but the making of the clip was really well done. Even though I have never had that experience I noticed towards the end they have some moments of showing just the end of the brush painting red and the moment of that instantly relaxed me, I felt very at home. I love having recognized that this simple act of painting can be so satiating and calming. Inspiring!
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