So amongst other nightmares associated with the show of the moment, I have to build some furniture grade scenery... This naturally is strange, as I run a scenery shop... Let me explain that a bit... In a scene shop, people spend their time working under insane deadlines creating things that look like something they are not. We also are frequently asked to make something lighter than it might normally be, or more rugged than normal, or any number of things... What we are never asked to do is build "real" furniture... In this case, "real" means solid cherry with a deep, multi-layered finish on it. The vast majority of the people in the entertainment industry wouldn't even know how to do this... Fortunately, I've done a little of this kind of work, and one of my carps has done more, so it's going to be his project. (I'll be welding instead) Minor problem though... I don't really have the ideal equipment desired for building furniture... Fortunately, I think I'll just have to buy one tool, but I'm not sure... Most likely, I'll end up needing more clamps too... I'll have to look into that tomorrow...
So there are layers to the "simple request"... My client seems to think doing this is a simple request, and the price shouldn't be all that high... (boy did they get a shock when they saw the bid) My simple request was to my lumber yard... Get me a price on X amount of Y grade cherry lumber. No big deal... Apparently it is to them for some reason... (no big deal, we called a lumber mill and got direct pricing from them so I could finish the quote) There are other "simple" ideas in this show too... I swear they're going to kill us with "simplicity"
We still have no approval...
The clock continues to unwind...
Posted by Backstage at April 1, 2004 06:02 PM