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Let's Get Physical

Randy Orr - Friday, September 17, 2010

Let's Get Physical! "Let me hear your body talk . . ." Olivia Newton-John

Do you remember that song, if you do, then you are product of the 80's and remember some really bad videos. But hey, that is what makes memories of the 80's great... we survived & MTV was born.
Ok, I realize that is a little different for an intro heading, yet it's the only thought that keeps coming to my mind as I try to describe our most recent feature wall project. It was very Physical to create, "no pain, no gain"!



Feature Wall
It's a display suite for a local developer.


'Necessity is the Mother of all Creation'
The challenge for this wall was to have the plaster thick enough to carve while wet, yet not heavy or it would fall of the wall! Hmm, well that is when I began testing a variety of additives to thicken the plaster to help it set to a certain state, before it becomes impossible to work with, to hard. Vuala! I found something to allow this to occur, ...wasn't easy discovery especially on the hottest days of the summer, but it seemed to work out really well.


The Finished Product

The Original Reference from the Designer

                      You design it.  Spec it.  And we create it.


By By 2009

Randy Orr - Thursday, December 17, 2009
09 - Well it is almost over, but not forgotten.
A year filled with variety in clients styles and designs, 09 brought the introduction of American Clay (beautiful walls) to there homes and the custom installation process of Lime Plaster Mantles.

More to come in 2010!



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It's HOT in the Kitchen - La Cicina

Randy Orr - Tuesday, July 28, 2009
What is cooking these days...

Heat
and Wall Glazing


Traditionally this is recipe for a disaster, but no longer the case with Golden Acrylic Proceed Love the stuff!

It is the dead of summer ( 33ºC/92º) in Vancouver and for the past 7 days we have been glazing hundreds of square feet without hitch, in a restaurant La Cucina.
Finishing up this week, I will have some finished shots of the Northern Italian wall finishes next week.... until then a very cool ciao!


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