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3D signs in general are gaining in popularity everywhere. The province of Quebec is no different with bylaws for old center towns and revitalization programs, etc...
CNC manufacturers are doing great business, new materials come out all the time like Magic epoxies, HDU's and so on. But where do one learn about all the tricks and design ideas? WORKSHOPS.
And it's a good thing, people need to share the knowledge and raise the bar for all of us in hope that we can all make a better living. That's what meets are for even if sometimes the learning process is not concentrated enough.
Of course workshops will cost you more but investment in knowledge IS an investment. A lot of firms will gladly sink 100s of 1000s of dollars into a machine that will likely be obsolete before it's paid for and yet hesitate to spend a grand to form and train the personel who will be working on it ! go figure...
I attended Dan's first workshop and Shane's in the spring and I'm going back to Dan's again because learning is the way to go !
Last couple of years have been good to me in terms of public visibility, magazine exposure and articles, and several awards in the last little while and because of that I'm getting calls that I should give a 3D seminar in French for the Quebec market. So it is going to happen, not that teaching has ever been in my career plans except by training staff, but I've been to a few and think I can do this...
So here it is, I call it "Dimension - 101" and it covers everything from CNC technology, EnRoute-4 3D design, sign design in general, faux-finishing, Magic Sculpt & Smooth and of course hands-on real project... and all of it EN FRANÇAIS !!!
So all you French speaking visitors and lurkers, if you whish to learn more about this kind of signage, start planning for next November 14-15-16 in the Montreal reagion ( Laval ) to be exact.
I can be reached by e-mail at renegiroux@renegiroux.com
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Now Montreal region is within my available traveling budget. I guess I might have to start studying french though....we. I met you in Florida and I believe this would be a good workshop (if I spoke French)
-------------------- Jake Lyman Lyman Signs 45 State Road Phillipston, MA 01331 Posts: 635 | From: Phillipston, MA | Registered: Sep 2002
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Oh Rene!!! This is great! Good for you! If I brush up on my french a bit more I would be more then happy to join in on this workshop! I'll keep in touch!
-------------------- Pam Edmunds Just For You Signs & Design 64 Bruce Road 17 Tara, Ontario Posts: 68 | From: Tara, Ontario | Registered: May 2008
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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Kelly Thorson Kel-T-Grafix 801 Main St. Holdfast, SK S0G 2H0 ktg@sasktel.net Posts: 5496 | From: Penzance, Saskatchewan | Registered: May 2002
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for some reason, I studied french for five years, at high school. I think I've forgotten 98% of it though! I did spend a day in Paris (France)in 1983, but everyone I spoke to there, spoke english...
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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Ian, that reminds me of something that happened to me in Mexico. When I travel there, on about the third day, my mind "switches" and everything is in Spanish-I think in Spanish, I dream in Spanish, my whole mental world is Spanish.
Once, we were sitting in a restaurant in Creel, which is up in the mountains near Copper Canyon. I overheard a conversation at the next table and absolutely understood every word. As I was thinking, "Wow! I'm really getting good at this Spanish", it dawned on me that the couple over there were conversing in English.
-------------------- David Harding A Sign of Excellence Carrollton, TX Posts: 5084 | From: Carrollton, TX, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Kiwi is the slang term for a New Zealander. It's also the native bird (a protected and endangered species). You would get arrested if you were caught eating one
The native inhabitants in NZ were Maori (pronounce Mow-ree) they have their own native language, it's really beautiful...love is aroha(ah-ro-hah), kiora(key-or-rah) = hello, child = tamariki(tam-a-ree-key) and family is whanau(far-no)
Hmmmm, I'm a kiwi bird too come to think of it
One can never be sure who Heather's been speaking to. It could have been me
BTW I'm also fluent in very bad english And I can say, Comment sont vous? in very bad French !!
-------------------- Anne McDonald 17 Karnak Crescent Russley Christchurch 8042 New Zealand
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