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- Penny
We have a new addition to our design team, an intern. Penelope, Penny Lane, we call her Penny. Her job is to sleep in our laps, play with stuffed pink hippo, and tinkle outside.
She came to us in the form of a 22nd birthday present. Penny is in training to do more useful things, like [...]
- the announcement chair
There is a rather tall stool in our studio. Tim welded the base from steel and attached a wood seat to the top. I brought it in a while back as a potential prop for one of our photoshoots. I thought it would be quite fashion forward. That didn’t work out so well. Never-the-less, the [...]
- learning the trade
I’ve been spending quite a bit of my time on the workbench lately. Learning the trade has been more enjoyable than I had anticipated. I figured arriving at the point my dad is at would be great fun, but assumed the learning process would be drudgery. I am most happy to be proved wrong in [...]
- press check
Rach and I ventured to Austin today for a press check. All went great! New tees coming soon!!!
- the story of a wood ring
A wood ring, it’s a great idea. I had been throwing it around in my mind for some time when a customer mentioned it to me as well. I began sketching to figure things out. How would I craft it? It needs to be a perfect combination of strength and beauty. Would I carve the [...]
- may i introduce April
She never leaves the studio, quite dedicated I’d say. You might of seen her at the Civies Christmas Party, she was there. May I introduce April, the Civies mannequin.
April likes to stand in front of the far right window. She usually wears a Civies tee, sometimes nothing, which always makes Christian feel a bit uncomfortable. [...]