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Large Dimensional Rose - manufacturing ideas?

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Kelly Thorson
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Large Dimensional Rose - manufacturing ideas?

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How would you make one with a three foot diameter?
I've got a few ideas, but none seem perfectly right. It's always enlightening to see how others would approach the project in any case.
It has to be an open one that attaches to a rock. Initially I planned to carve it from HDU, but I don't think it will have the durability to survive it's home on a large rock in a public place.
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You might consider hiring on to carve the "master", then let the client take that to someone who could make a large mold and cast it in cement, corian, or resin. Even when I was running the old shop at full capacity, I never liked to get too far out of my comfortable "product envelope". I prefer to try to do what I like to do (and feel comfortable doing) and let others do what they are trained to do.

Good luck if you tackle this project!

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Post by Doug Bernhardt »

yuppers...a mold is a great idea. Good luck with this one!
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Post by Kelly Thorson »

Thanks for your replies.
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Post by Roderick Treece »

Kelly,
It really would depend on budjet.
In order of cost,
Shape it out of hdu and send it to a Fiberglass shop that does nice finishing work.
Make a molding cast out of concrete
" " metal,bronze etc

The fiberglass peice would last for years

Here's a few examples,
The first ones are fiberglass w/ foam core Red ball,Harliquin head,freck skate boy andboost mobile phone.
http://www.ghosttownsigns.com/studiozer ... ESHOW.HTML
Top right phot is of the top crest of Merry-go-round.
http://www.ghosttownsigns.com/studiozer ... EMENT.HTML

The second is cast concrete.look at the top photo of two guy's repainting two dance halls girls at Knott's Berry Farm.These scuptures have got to be over 50 years old.
http://www.ghosttownsigns.com/ghosttown ... tTown.html

Good luck,sound like lots of fun

Roderick
www.customglasssigns.com
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