casting,

[Blumberg, Bill]

OK people Mike has been great in setting up this site for US, how come these big lags in corresponding surely there are a lot of stories, success and failures ,lets hear about em'. OK here's a story from from quite a few years ago that changed my whole sign career and I've been at it a long time! How many years ago Mike? Mike and Darla put on a fantastic Workshop called "Casting Call" right in the dead of winter, lots of people came and REALLY learned about casting and mold making, there were lots of knowledgeable people there ,Noel, Bill Hueg, Gary anderson etc. it was fantastic! Plus the parties and snowmobiling! and a wonderful all around time.....Didn't know it could it get so cold! Hardly anything leaves my shop with out some sculpted and cast element on it, I've even gone so far as to put cast dimensional pieces of the front of glided glue chipped glass pieces, WOW what endless possibilities....
Bill

[Mike Jackson]

Hi Bill,
Thanks for the note. We had a great time at that meeting, too. Besides all the casting, people went snowmobiling and rode sleds down Snow King. A year or two earlier, we hosted another meeting we called "Totemheads" in which we carved a large totem pole, along with a few other smaller projects. Along with all that, we arranged for a whitewater float trip for everyone down the Snake River. It would be a real shame for people to come here to attend a meeting and stay couped up in the shop, as often seen in Letterheads meetings.

Quite a few people went home after the Casting Call meeting an started putting the new techniques and processes to use. That was nice to see!

Mike Jackson