Cutting and notching the panel ribs to size and shape.

Assembling the panel frames and pinch cleats.

Contouring and fitting the frames to a very crooked wall.

Skinning the frames with 1/2" birch ply to make a very strong mounting surface.

Testing my painting skills to faux finish the brick panels to achieve the desired look.

Mounting the textured brick panel skins and starting the primary base coat of paint.

Applying the primary base coat of paint that will be the majority of the bricks.

Randomly adding two additional shades of color to simulate a real brick wall pattern.

Applying a water / paint wash three rows at a time. Then quickly removing the excess to add realistic highlights and shadows to the brick.

The highlight/ shadow wash also fills in all of the grout with dark brown that has to be painted over once dry.

The most tedious part of the wall construction was the 10+ hours of painting in the mortar lines and washing the excess off one horizontal row at a time, before the paint dried to the raised brick surfaces.

The final result turned out looking very realistic and exactly as I had hoped it would.

I constructed the shelves from 1/2" and 1/4" birch plywood. Then wrapped the edges with 1/4" solid oak that I re-sawed from the existing shelves that were on the wall.

I finished the shelves with a Minwax Cappuccino stain and four coats of polyurethane.

I used the remaining oak from the existing shelves to make solid 1-1/2" square mounting blocks that I bolted to the panels with 1/4-20 bolts.

I sleeved the shelves onto the mounting blocks, and secured each shelf in place using wood screws. The shelves, the panels, and the mounting blocks were built very robust to accomidate the 20+Lb. loads that they will have to support.

There were many things to consider when designing a logo sign for the channel. Keeping it simple, clean, professional, producible, etc. Having digital tools to assist in the process is a modern must.

I used my vinyl cutter to assist in the production and layout process of the sign by creating vinyl "masking" templates to use as a guide while cutting the letters and head with the band-saw.

Adding depth crisp lines and subtle shadows by layering the logo-bug worked out nicely but added a bit of complexity to the construction process. Cutting, match-sanding, painting and gluing all had to be done in a very well thought out process.

Feeling the pressure as all the layers are finally coming together (with glue).

I made slightly under-size vinyl masks to both locate and allow for proper wood to wood glue adhesion for all of the dimensional letters and the logo-bug that were to be placed on the sign before the back was painted black.

I created a 1-1/2" thick frame that acted as a pinch-cleat wall mount frame. I cut a 30 degree bevel on the outer perimeter of the frame for mounting RGBW-LED tape light to add another layer of depth, shadow, and warmth to the studio background.