I took advantage of the sunny Seattle weather yesterday to open up the garage wood shop and work on the Sky Feeder components. After a quick drill press tutorial from my “construction master”, Aaron, I got to work drilling holes in the discs that will support the mirrors and fit atop each dowel.
After a drill press lesson, I had plenty of pieces on which to hone my skills.
After debating weathering approaches for the dowels, ie leave them raw, or pre-weather them by rubbing them in soil, I’ve got some test dowels hammered into the side yard so I can see how they look in a few weeks…
As of yesterday then, all the discs are cut and drilled, and the mirror order has arrived, so I’m feeling on track. The full exhibit artist list has been announced too, so check out this year’s lineup at Heaven & Earth.