As self employed folks we get to wear many hats. And we learn to do lots of jobs.
I can't imagine what it would be like to work in a factory and do the very same job day in and day out. The variety of jobs I do each week is staggering sometimes, but it sure keeps me interested in what I do and keeps me from being bored.
As I wrapped things up this evening I was thinking of all the types of jobs I did in the last week ...
I was a welder, plumber, carpenter, decorator, painter, designer, draftsman, glazer, mover, driver, lather, plasterer, boss, helper, janitor, landscaper, buyer, warehouseman, shipper, computer technician, typist, insulator, electrician, cabinet maker, librarian, artist, sculpter, repairman, mechanic, and a lot more things I'm sure. And this was just in our little shop out back.
I'm sure most other folks here can relate, and add as many other job descriptions of their own.
-dan
Posted by Jereme Gauthier (Member # 4351) on :
Dan,
Your Imagination Corporation is one of, if not the, coolest shops I have ever seen. Were you a small time sign shop at one time, and landed the right account, or did you start out to provide theme sculpture signage thingamabobs right from the start?
Posted by Dan Sawatzky (Member # 88) on :
Jereme
Thanks for the kind words!
We're still a small time sign shop, only I don't THINK small.
When I first started my own shop (age 14) I did conventional signs although they were rarely four by eight. Even then I at least cut out and did layered signs.
Quickly it evolved into carved signs, sandblasted signs, then sculptural signs... then murals, on to theme park stuff. Always learning as I went, always challenging what I could do.
Now 35+ years later I find it challenging to even label what I can do... for if I don't yet know how, I will somehow figure it out when I tackle the next project!
-dan
[ December 22, 2003, 02:50 AM: Message edited by: Dan Sawatzky ]
Posted by jack wills (Member # 521) on :
Hi Dan,
Lots of hats eh...?
After a killer career of Sign Mechanicing, I end up here at UCDavis, running the sign shop which is relative to all past chores of being on my own. On top of that I have taken on alternate functions on the maintenance schedule as a consultant for other trades and positions and ready to charge into a supervisory role. I see it all as an adventure and a continuation of the big theatre that most hard core heads become accustom to. It's part of the dance of the arts. Even sweeping the floor properly is an art.
Rollin' like a big wheel in a' Georgia cotton field.......
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