…well, Ontario at least.
The boys have been in Canada this past week, setting up Savage Gardens in it’s newest home for a few months, The Royal Botanical Gardens in Ontario CA. Photos will follow as soon as they hit terra firma here in Columbus. Peep our Facebook page for some links to info and fun about the exhibit.
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What!? Two posts in one day…outrageous! Yes, you are not hallucinating, dreaming, or both, we have indeed posted twice in one day. This post is all about the current Savage Gardens exhibit located in San Antonio, Texas at the San Antonio Botanical Gardens. You may have seen the posts from the install on our Facebook page <(Go there and ‘Like’ us to stay even more connected to what is a foot here at TORK). The guys were down in the Texas heat last week setting up for this weekend’s opening. The following photos are of the sculptures in their new home for the next 5 months, as well as the amazing hand-painted banners from our friends at Mural Works here in Columbus, Ohio. Enjoy!
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Hey there, family and friends. Hope all is well with you this second month of the new year. We just finished installing 3 steel & resin panels for the Embassy Suites here in Columbus. The panels are made out of 4 sizes of steel rings, and a select few have colored resin inside,ranging from clear to opaque. These things were crazy heavy, just under approximately 400lbs each, and yes, all three of us moved them by hand….with much grunting, muscle straining, and creaking of bones. Enjoy the photos of the install and post install.
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Though the sculptures are actually featured in this clip, the Venus pulls a photobomb. LOL
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Just found out we were mentioned on this blog called Museum A Week in September 2010. Yes, it’s a year+ later, but it’s cool they mentioned us, no?
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Hola! We’ve done a bit of expanding into the world of social media by creating a Facebook page to go along with our Twitter (@torkworks) presence. So go “Like” us on Facebook, or just click the like button on the right sidebar of the front page, and +follow us on Twitter. You can also share any of our posts with the touch of a button to Reddit, Digg, Twitter, WordPress, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Ya dig?
We also created a page that features the metal and resin trees we’ve done, and consolidated them into one location for your viewing pleasure: TORK Trees So, go check them out if you haven’t before, or revisit them if you have.
We here at TORK wish you and yours a happy and safe holiday.
Yea, I know, we’re not the most up to date blog in the blogiverse(?), but we do try and update more than once a year, unlike our poor attempts before this year.
We are always doing something at TORK, even in our slow times. So, just what is it that our shop gremlins been up to since the last post? We we’ve been busy in the casting department, casting many resin bits. Among the castings, a football trophy, Jesus'(for our good friend John Mazzolini, of Mazzolini Artcraft), miniatures of Captain Nemo’s sub the ‘Nautilus’ which are being made into novelty fishing lures (pix to follow soon), some band figures (pix to follow soon), and more vintage Pontiac hood ornaments, which we’ve posted about before.
We have also been honored to make some reproductions of an Iowa state record deer rack, taken by Nick Skinner. See pics of the original and the repros (painted by our own Tony Ball) below.
In the metal shop we installed the Short North tree grates and flower planters. We also designed and hand crafted a metal and resin reproduction of a deer bust mount (which is for sale by the way and can be yours for $4000) See pics below.We also did a custom sign for a customer’s hunting cabin.
More is on the horizon and in the works. Stay Tuned.
Now for oodles of photos of much of the above mentioned stuffs.
Short North Flower Planter (Metal w/galvinizing & powder coating)
Short North Flower Planters and Tree Gtrates (Metal w/galvinizing & powder coating)
Short North Flower Planters and Tree Gtrates (Metal w/galvinizing & powder coating)Short North Flower Planters and Tree Gtrates (Metal w/galvinizing & powder coating)
Custom rusted steel sign designed by TORK (front view)Custom rusted steel sign designed by TORK (side view)
Deer Bust Mount designed and fabricated by TORK. Metal and resin (Mark holding it to show scale)
The original Skinner antlers
Reproductions of the Skinner antlers (Painted by our own Tony Ball)
TORK gets a mention in this article about healing gardens at KLA Studios.
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Better late than never, no?
Here are shots from an install of a reading nook for Children’s Hospital of Michigan we did way back in late May (can you believe it’s the middle of July? Neither can we). This piece was designed and executed by TORK. It’s powder coated aluminum with cast resin leaves, and stands about 15′ tall. Lots of work went into it’s creation, and the hospital folks were well pleased. And yes, it is cool in pictures, but even cooler in person. So, if you’re in the Detroit metro area, check it out.
Photo credit gos to Grace Serra of Children’s Hospital of Detroit. c2011
These images are huge so please be patient. Thanks!
Children's Hospital of Michigan reading nook/gazebo. Sweet, huh?
Photo #1 from inside the nook (what a cool word...nook)
Photo #2 from inside the nook.
Now, this...this is an amazing shot. Credit goes to Grace Serra.
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