This is the Cape house yesterday Dec 22nd. Charlie Ferrullo (contractor) and Tom have been working on getting the roof framed and closed in before the weather hits. The dormer is for a small loft that will sleep a few more people than before. We plan to have the first use be when the BU folks crash at the house when Allison Beatty and company do the Cape Cod half-marathon in February.
Here’s my finished work from the MassArt class in steel sculpture. Turned out pretty cool. It will be going in our garden.
Everyone in the class got pretty good results. The finish of mine is ferric nitrate, applied after sandblasting. Typically, it was a race to the finish to get the piece finished byt the crit session. I didn’t have the finish applied yet, but did it the next day after the crit. Casey Riley took the prize for the coolest looking finish. Matt and Erik got great results too and we all learned a lot.
We did a lot of photos and video of the crit session. I’ll post those here when I get some editing time.
On Tuesday, Matt, myself and Erik are all taking a sculptural welding class at MassArt. I can’t wait to get a torch in my hand and vaporize some metal. 
The picture to the left is what Erik said he was going to build - that’s his backyard in Medford. (Recognize it - I hope?) I guess he’s trying to expose his neightbors to some culture. I’m not so specific on what I’ll do with it yet. (Gee - Dune buggies ARE kinda cool looking)
From the class;
This course provides an introduction to the construction of steel sculpture. Students will produce artworks using oxy-fuel, “stick”, MIG or TIG arc welding, and learn hot forging and a wide range of fabricating processes.
COOOOOOOL! Should be lots of great posting items from this!
After seeing Rachel play out at Toad a week ago, I got renewed energy for the video stuff we shot and never finished (for endless reasons). Some of the clips look like they will make their way to boston-beats.com after we have a little party to see what’s there. But I still want to make a live DVD of those shows.
So I went over to Greg’s and got the tapes, at least those he could find - still gotta dig for a couple. I started ripping the tapes to disk today (while editing my course handouts for Autodesk University!). And I dug up the soundtracks too. It’s onto the editing when I get back from Vegas, baby!
Sue was out of the house early (7:45 am) to meet the carpet estimator over at Middlesex. Karen (Sue’s mom) and Pete are here for the weekend, and will be helping with the kids while we pack up the Stanley house.
I went to the Middlesex house today to prep the formwork for the concrete countertop pouring, hopefully this weekend. Had to caulk them around the edges. Somehow, I need to get the other one caulked too. Hmmm…tomorrow? Then the rebar. With all this, they better look good.
Many conversations about how product planning on Revit might be structured with the org changes at Autodesk. More to follow tomorrow.
On the house construction, the tile guys have all the bathroom walls done and are doing the floors tomorrow. Whew! That means the plumber can come back in and finish his fixtures in my parents place. After the the hardwood guy can refinish the floors and Joe will install the countertop, also on my parents unit.
I’ll probably take a shot at pouring our concrete countertops this weekend. Tomorrow, I have to go to the Middlesex house straight from work and finish the formwork and reinforcement for them. Also, the painter shows up to paint the trim and doors in our unit. After that, Gary can install the locksets in the doors. Finally, the electrician will be back tomorrow to finish their fixtures on our unit. Oh - and the siding guys are blasting thru their stuff too. Well, it’s just money.
I took today off work to catch up since last week was a total bust with Leonid’s announcing his departure. We’re prepping and packing up the Stanley house and trying to get the Middlesex house wrapped up.
Yeah! the tile guys showed up today. They are critical path to getting my parents moved in, since the fixtures can’t be set until the tile is in.
The siding guys also showed up today and I asked them how they were handling a few things. The answers were really good, so I think the exterior will look really sharp.
I also met with a couple realtors who are doing market analyses based on the Stanley house. We’ll review those this week and pick someone to list the house.
Getting close to pulling the trigger on the big move.
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