**twelve years ago**oct 2002**the crown**

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.....Majestic Theatre 2001-03.... 
..................Downtown San Antonio Texas....

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......In 2001 I was commissioned to recreate the Sweet Grapes Surround..
.....10 feet wide 16 feet high and two years to produce and install.... 
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...............................here's Part Two....

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..1st image - crown installed and primed ready for final decoration..
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...........below - production of the crown etc....

............................twelve years ago dec. 2002....

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..above - profile blade..

..below - profile blade with baffle..
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..above - plaster soaking in slaked lime ring..
..below - initial profile (baffled)..
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..above - this stage now finished..
..below - swinger, table, etc..
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..above..
.more crown model.
.bending board, hobby shop pyramids, etc.
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.silicone mold for this stage of the model. 
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.....................spikes..............

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.....................darts with nuts..............

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..above - dart will be pinned to the model here..
..below - wax model of dart..
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..above - nuts added, then a silicone mold..
..below - then four components are cast..
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..above - preparation for silicone mold..
..below - this type of mold is a clayover cavity pour.
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..above - clay over the model..
..below - clay is removed after the case is produced..
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..below - then silicone is poured into the cavity..
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.....next 2 images - me fooling around with paint....

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...........next 2 images - components mocked up in my studio....

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...........below are images of the final decoration....

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here below are a couple pix from december 2002.

the late great Charles Winans visiting

with myself in my studio,

and with the lovely Cindy,

and, the photograph that I worked from.

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..I have three blogs..
..the others are..
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..people places and things..
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.. hannibalpianta.blogspot.. 

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..this blog is battlead.blogspot.. 
..things I make..

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**i want to give you the finger**1999-today**

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.....my business cards.... 
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..1st two images - the original - Dec 1999.. 
...........my thumb.... 
...........name rank and serial number....

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 ...........next 2 images - second iteration - trigger finger....

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 ...........next 6 images - my shooting finger....
...........model produced yesterday....
...........green one is the first casting....

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...........images below - 1st image is the latest model....

............................................my shooting finger....

.........then the production process follows................

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..I have three blogs..
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..people places and things..
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.. hannibalpianta.blogspot.. 

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..this blog is battlead.blogspot.. 
..things I make..

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**more Aztec Theatre**2004-2011**part 2**

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.....Aztec Theatre Downtown San Antonio Texas.... 
..................these snapshots are from 2004-2011....
...............................here's Part Two....
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..1st image - a two faced sign I made in Nov-Dec 2005.. 
...........this side looks down on Crockett Street.... 
...........other side looks down on the San Antonio RiverWalk....

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 ...........next 2 images - at the shop loading the Mayan Chief....

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 ...........next 5 images - not my work....
...........cast stone from 1925 - 100 feet above the sidewalk....
...........before during and after cleaning....

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...........next image - ticket kiosk as drawn on original blueprints....

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...........next image - as built and before restoration....

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...........I produced a mold from above. my new work installed is below.....
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...........images below - decorating and decorated.... 

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............end of Part Two............

......more Aztec to come......
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..I have three blogs..
..the others are..
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.. http://moremud.blogspot.com/ ..
..people places and things..
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..and..
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.. hannibalpianta.blogspot.. 

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..this blog is battlead.blogspot.. 
..things I make..

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