Solutions-oriented approach leveraged either independently or through collaboration with other companies and service providers.
- Badass Bartack
I worked with a tactical gear manufacturer to improve the quality of their bartacks (a reinforcement stitch comprised of long-form straight stitches bound over by small zig-zags) used for their MOLLE webbing. A frame was built to hold lengths of Cordura webbing in a Juki large-field pattern sewer, but the default bartack programmed into the CAD system was too loose and unfinished-looking to pass the company’s Quality Assurance checks. I worked with the QA team to determine criteria for a new pattern, and cleaned up the appearance of the finished sewing, as well as adding security stitches at the beginning … - Mural for Fat Boys Burrito
What a great project! After a brainstorming session with the business owner, where I brought several design samples to give us a reference for discussion, I took his conceptual ideas and generated this drawing. My first submission was a 2′ by 6′ sample generated on a pen plotter from a vector original. After choosing a color palette, the finished art was hand-transferred to the corrugated metal siding in charcoal before painting. CHROMA mural paints and UV clear-coat were used to provide bright colors and a durable finish. - HatFields VS McCoys dance performance backdrops
The Dance Factory of Morganton contacted me about providing backdrops for a Christmas program. To fit their needs and budget, I designed three 15′ x 20′ backgrounds, which we hand painted on seamed canvas. - Talking Decapitated head-on-a-pike.
A local playwright (Freddy Bradburn) wrote a bit in a folk tale performance that included a decapitated head, placed on a pike at the edge of town as a warning to others, that comes to life, greets its former traveling companions, and joins them in a song. And it needed to look like the actor portraying the living version of the character. We started with a life cast, and created a flexible machie mask in the shape of the actor’s face. After taking measurements from the life cast, I designed and built mechanisms for the mouth and eyes. The eyes … - Blue Flames
Wrapping vector flame patterns across a golf cart hood with a uniform “blown-back” look required a map of the changing angles, so we wrapped the nose in a giant sheet of paper and made one. Working carefully over the pattern, we built the flames from both the center out and the edge in, aiming for the transition point of the hood’s curve. Print, trim, and apply!