artwork and scaffolding

while i have been unable to use my right hand for much that does not mean that nothing is happening. luckily for me i work with someone who doesn;t mind doing more than her fair share when required and my brother is visiting for a couple months. so we have 5 good hands between the three of us.

deb and i had a small job that needed installing for the city council. we enlisted adam's help and deb;s partner joe to get the install done. my job was mostly watching, documenting and a bit of safety bunting positioning and a tiny bit of painting. 

the first part of the job was to erect the scaffolding. this took a fair amount of time as it was going to be set up for a 4 meter platform, and Adam had never worked with scaffolding before.

 

once it was up we rolled it into place and leveled it. then the safety bunting went around. 

this was especially important as we were installing in a popular kids playground area. 

 

the job we had to do was to install 3 windsocks on top of 3 wooden posts that were already in place. we also had to paint some lines and numbers on 10 metal poles that were already in place. 

so adam and deb climbed up to the top of the scaffold with a large stainless steel pole and drilled holes, bolted it in place and secured the windsock in place. 

 

then we had to move the whole set up to the next location, making sure not to run over any kids or families in the process.

and again install the stainless steel pole and windsock. joe and i were on safety, making sure no one entered the safety zone for a ball, and making sure adam and deb had everything they needed.

after the second windsock was up, we relocated to the third and final wooden post, but had to reconfigure the scaffolding. not so easy to do but adam and deb and joe were pros at this point

the final windsock is in place and we can pack down for the day. it took us most of the time to set the scaffold up. but after that smooth sailing. 

more photos of the final artwork in a week or so when i get to documenting it properly.

but it was great having adam's help could not have done it without him.