Thursday, March 24, 2011

Painting The Flowers

To prepare the flowers for painting, we first ground some of the welds to "chase" the fronts of the flowers.  Next we washed each flower in a special acid wash just for aluminum.  Then we wiped down each flower with acetone to remove any oil residue from handling the flowers.  It's true what they say . . .  preparation is 90% of the job!

The next step for the flowers was priming.  The primer helps bind the paint to the aluminum.  

 

There were nineteen pieces to prime!  Late nights in the studio.

 

When the primer was dry, we painted the backs of the flowers a green to match the gate.  This gave the back of the piece a finished look.  Notice our welded bolts?


Next, we broke out the colors and the fun began!


Becca painting the biggest flower.

A teaser.


Next, installation!



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