posted June 30, 2006 12:25 AM
Well we installed the Bitulithic Sign tonight. While not your normal farm sign, the clients are extremely pleased with it. And that pleases me. I was concerned that it was too fancy for the setting, but now that it is up it seems to work OK. The pics were taken at dusk, I'm going to have to go back and take more some day when the morning sun hits that gold.
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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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posted June 30, 2006 01:24 AM
It works indeed Kel. The rock solid panel is perfect and the gold leaf...what a kicker! Tell us more about the stone structure, the sign materials and fabrication techniques. Hope you have a great time defacing the sidewalks of Moose Jaw.
posted June 30, 2006 05:57 AM
VERY nice with that stone-work- anything less would have been, well, less! Cat
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posted June 30, 2006 08:49 AM
Love the weathered wood "rock solid ranch" panel incorporated into the sign. Really gives it a ranch flavor. Also interesting Color choice in the Bitulithic. I wouldn't have dreamed those colors would have worked in layout but it Pops of the backround nicely and the hugh in the ranch panel pulls it back in.
Nice panel Kelly
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posted June 30, 2006 10:21 AM
I still say those scrolls weren't needed.... But it does look nice and I'll bet they loved it. love....Jill
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posted June 30, 2006 11:40 AM
Good one, Kelly- thanks for the update!
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posted July 01, 2006 04:30 PM
Great piece Kelly! It works with the stone support structure. I'm with Jill on the top scrolls.
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posted July 01, 2006 05:05 PM
Nice job,but the color on Bitulithic just doesnt seem to fit. Maybe a tan or beige or something to tie in with the rest of the sign. I know this is after the fact, but just a thought.
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posted July 02, 2006 12:39 AM
Thanks for the nice words. The colour for the word Bitulithic actually ties in to the farm buidings in the background. My original choice was less turquoise, but after scoping out the grounds I realized it was too close to the farm buildings, but not close enough. The wood panel is supposed to represent a railroad tie. The farm was once a railway siding that hauled crushed rock which was named Bitulithic. Hence the stone panel. Sometimes I like to tie things in like that without actually using a pictoral, especially in this case where we are dealing with two entirely different concepts (stone crushing and ranching). It really pops in low light which I was pleased with. I knew it worked during the day, but sometimes things can be hard to read at dusk. Yeah, there are a couple of things I'd like to change, but too late.
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posted July 04, 2006 10:18 AM
hmmmm, I'm feeling left out! I can't see the images. I tried on netscape and explorer and I tried pasting the image location into a new window, but nothing works. It times out when trying to connect to your website.
Suelynn
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posted July 04, 2006 11:50 AM
Sorry Linnie, a power outage knocked my web site server down. Now he can't get it to boot. I reloaded the pics on the Letterville Album.
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