Cedar trellis to hide carport front

Oh, and I like to use hand plane to trim just a bit off the wood to take the fuzz off and to show the saw marks better.

-- $tudie

looks nice and strong studie
and a good cover for the ends of those
rafters and gutters

to bad the painter got laid off

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Thanks David! The owner thinks the trellis is beautiful but does not fit the house and needs to be grounded to fit in better. We think to paint the beams with a like color as the trellis will let it blend in better. He thinks that cutting off the curve at the bottom may fit the house better. His wife says otherwise.

-- $tudie

maybe you better go fishing
while they work it out

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

I just want to make everyone happy. No one wants something gaudy or over built so we have to be careful not to go to far with art. It did crush me when he suggested cutting off the bottom arch, it was a lot of careful work to make.

-- $tudie

really looks nice, it sure has your style written all over it, really nice wood also…it does its job well..i think that when you get a job, you need to have a drawing of what your going to do, if the customer says do it, then do it and there is no changing it unless they pay for it, other wise, folks will jerk you around all day, i hope they settle on what they want just so you dont have to deal with there indecision…i like the whole thing, to cut it up would be terrible…

-- GRIZZMAN ...[''''']

Stunning design.

Thanks all! Grizz I did email a sketch and it was approved. Now they just have to get used to how pretty it is in real time!

-- $tudie

Owners and end users can be particularly cruel in their off-handed statements. They don’t really mean to offend it’s just their money and they have license. What hurts is their particular disinterest and ignorance of “process”. Again, it’s their money and they have license. The trick is to understand that you are NOT creating a work of art but rather a work-for-hire. To entertain any other mindset is to invite heartbreak and delusion. Two killers of creativity and ultimately your drive to do good work. If your clients were true patrons of your creativity wouldn’t they be happy to receive ANYTHING you do for them? No? Then you must be just another accomplished tradesman yearning to be appreciated as an artist. STOP THAT! You are a craftsman and an artisan. Knowing this, your worth is creating highly accomplished work, getting paid fairly for it and leaving something lasting and beautiful in your wake. Not a bad day’s aspiration if you ask me. Clients will always say and do stupid stuff. Learn to handle it with aplomb. Whenever I cross paths with one of these “special” clients I like to double my fee. I may not get the job but if I do…

What I’m saying is this, be careful who you give your heart to. Know yourself and your place and things will move along better than you can imagine. You might even make some money along the way too because you will charge accordingly and stop casting your pearls before… you know.

always,
J.C.

BTW, beautiful work, dude.

-- "Imagination is more important than knowledge" -- Albert Einstein

Thanks for the good advice J.C.

-- $tudie