How to make an engineer happy...

A jig I made for creating this art piece.

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So my first client is an engineer. Turns out her husband, for whom this piece is being created, is ALSO an engineer... and I need to make something that is about them and that they will love.

Well that sounds easy enough..... Right. :)

The solution? I've created a system based on math (probably something fancy like derivatives, whatever those are) that will be used to display these letters.

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A block of letters cast in wax.

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I started with the dimensions of the piece, 18" x 36". Then I took the number of years represented (which is 5, plus a misc. stack of undated letters) and the number of letters in each year (which varied dramatically) to determine that each letter had to be contained in a 3/4" x 4 1/2" block. The third dimension, height would vary based on how many pages were in each letter.

Wow... That's all quite a mouthful. But I know my client will most likely check my math and appreciate the "engineering" behind the art. It's just another layer of taking these Memories To Masterpiece.