HUGE Nautilus Logo for Office at School

[robgriesbeck]

We’ve been working on “Steampunking” up our office at school, working with a nautical theme - inspired in part by Jules Verne.

I’ve been trying to find something to put above our door and one night I found this:

I think it’s from something Disney did at one time (a pin?), it was exactly what I was looking for. So I fired up Corel and started the vector machine.

It needed to be about 3ft wide to look right above the office, so i knew it was going to be done in several smaller parts. It ended up being about 5 layers deep, each layer a bunch of pieces that were glued together.

Once it was done on the laser, I started to glue things up and fill cracks, etc

Then a bunch of primer:

Some gold paint (forget to take that pic)

And then some light aging:

Then we hung her:

The portholes and gable pieces were also done on the glowforge.

I’m pretty happy how it turned out… Now onto the next door!

[ekla]

What kind of school is this fun shenaniganery!?

[aanden]

Holy WoW, this is awesome.

[kelley1]

I want to go to this school! Awesome work.

[robgriesbeck]

Thanks, we’re just part of a great school. We are the computer dept.

3D design, graphic design, coding, video production, etc.

We’re really fortunate =)

[Anselm-M]

Now it’s time to make the mascot.

[beerfaced]

You did a great job on everything. Very nice!

[arh2]

You really did transform the place!

[JimmyWayneWestie]

OMG!!! Incredible!!

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is one of the first books I read in elementary school.

[kelley1]

I can’t wait to see it. Do you think you could put together a virtual tour of your office? All those details in the background are just waiting to be shown off.

[hansena]

Nice work! So cool!

[reynoso]

Very impressive, where is this magical place? Congratulation, you went all out.

[MakerMatthew]

It would be nice to go to a cool workplace like that! Nice!

[pauline.lally]

Wonderful piece for what must be a fun place.

[jeanneleigh]

The lighting, the portholes, the rivets - Y’all have created such a cool atmosphere!

[cynd11]

Gosh, what a great piece! Your school sounds like a really fun place.

[ToGo]

I love the classroom!!
For a Nautilus, how about this one? The back plate moves on a ball bearing

From

Gyres - simple kinetic sculptures

[robgriesbeck]

Thanks for all the kind words, I’ll try to get some more pics up. It is a functional school office for four of us, but we try to add cool stuff where we can.

I like the nautilus ideas, for now this is the other sign, but I’m going to find a spot for other stuff too.

[ptodd]

Who said work can’t be fun?! Looks like an awesome place to work.

[aanden]

Holy Sheet, that is amazing thank you