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Yea, we’re weeks late with this, but we have been busy bees. Check the next post after this. Cool?
We here at TORK would like to extend a sincere New Years greeting to all of our friends, clients, and curious blog followers, who have made us a part of your internet routine, thanks and….HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Here are our top 3 posts for 2009:
Hyde Park Restaurant – Sarasota, Florida
Hyde Park Restaurant: Buffalo, NY
Tripoint Medical Center – Painesville, O
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Only one picture? Yep, just one picture. We know it’s not the flurry of images your used to, but it is a cool pic all the same. This is a shot of our trusty shop geek next to the Trippy Tree we’re fabricating for Mellow Mushroom Restaurant in Germantown, Tennessee, so we can give you a sense of scale. How do you like them apples, huh? See we think about all of you out there.
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Well folks here are two of the best images we have right now. The hospital site is still under construction, so it was tough to get a good picture. We’ll go back after completion to snap some good pics, with all of the landscaping in place etc. So, please enjoy these. The tree is made of stainless steel and has resin leaves in a range of reds. Each canopy starts darker in the middle and gets lightest towards the center.

Wood County Hospital - Bowling Green, Ohio

Wood County Hospital - Bowling Green, Ohio
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Here are a few more shots from our current project for Wood County Hospital. These images show the welds being ground and sanded flush, the surface of the tree is also sanded, this is all in preparation for the sandblasting, which is the next step, and will even out the finish on the surface of the tree. Then it’s all about attaching the resin leaves.

Our shop assistant sanding away.

more grinding and sanding
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We can feel your excitement. Really. Even through the internet, we feel it…true story. We would like to thank all of you who have taken the time to stop by to see what we here at TORK Industrial ARTifacts, are up to. We appreciate your interest and curiosity. Thanks!!!
This is our current project for the Healing Garden at Wood County Hospital in Bowling Green, Ohio. This is another tree, similar to the one we did for Dublin Methodist Hospital, but a bit smaller to fit the space. It is made of stainless steel and will be sandblasted, just like the Tripoint Medical Center trees. The leaves will be resin, and the color spectrum will be reds, from deep red on the larger leaves to light red on the smaller. We’ll post images of those when we start attaching them. So, please enjoy these progress pictures.

The Start: Tree Base

Trunk being fabricated

Limbs being added

Limbs and branches added

Grinding and sanding done on top half

Canopy (which holds the resin leaves) being added
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Friends, clients, countrymen, earthlings, and extra terrestrials, here is a video, and our first ever process video, that was filmed during the fabrication, casting, and installation process of the trees that we designed and executed for Tripoint Medical Center in Painesville, Ohio. The video also includes interviews with Mark and Tony. This video was shown during the opening gala on Oct 16. This was filmed and edited by Jake Housh. Enjoy!
And if your so inclined, you can click this link and view it on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xooW2FCQ4M
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