It’s official, the North Star’s bedroom has been christened the Avellana. Today, we added the transom name plate to the top of the ship.
I snapped this picture on my way back out of the shop tonight. We should finish painting the ship soon and I can hardly wait to see it all together!
Today the crew over at the Imagination Corporation finished up the carved concrete on the Copper Crown’s “dragon tower.” Next week it will be lifted into place along with the rest of the Avellana.
Today we sculpted the gargoyle dragon which is tucked under the Copper Crown’s smaller tower. Tomorrow, we will finish up the plaster on the tower and it will be ready to crane into place next Wednesday.
The Avallana now has windows! We are looking forward to seeing the ship all together!
We have installed several more pieces including the power tower roof and the stone elephant head. It is very exciting to see splashes of colour on the work site!
It has been a very busy week here at the Hazelnut Inn. Our framers, Span Builders have been building the shoring that will hold the suspended slabs while they are poured and for the following month while the concrete cures.
The shoring needs to be very strong and also carefully integrated with the themed pieces we have already installed. It is exacting work where the slabs meet our themed pieces but Rob and the boys are doing a good job - at least “it’s good enough for concrete” :)