Spring updates

Things have been moving along quite well for us this Spring and 2014 has been a really busy year so far!  Starting in January, we moved across Milwaukee, WI to a brighter and more open studio.  We are mostly settled in, and everything is up and running.  In late February we were in Schaumburg, IL at St. Marcelline Catholic Church installing two wood carvings, one of St. Marcelline and another of St. Joseph. You can see images of these statues below.  On the left is Gianfranco with Fr. Hal Stanger.  Fr. Hal's sense of humor and energy made it a delight to do work with the parish!

Later in April, we delivered a large Corpus to St. Raphael Catholic Church in Oshkosh, WI.  Along with the Corpus we created a "ray background" for the Cross which, along with the lighting, helps create a focal point.  It's always a pleasure to do a project for a church in our home state and this one was no exception.  It was the second time we had worked with the church; our first commission was a wood carving of the Holy Family (below)

Coming up shortly we will be installing mosaic at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines, IL & Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Hillside, IL.  Both pieces are going to be part of a shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe.  The original idea was to have a 30 foot granite structure with the depiction of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego in mosaic, and then our clients decided to add a second "miniature" version which will be 12 feet overall.  You can see a rendering below along with some of the mosaic work in progress.  Photos of the installed pieces to come ASAP!