Temporarily Dismantling the Copper Tower

Now that the measurements have been calculated for the lightning protection and the tower lights, we needed to temporarily dismantle the spire to finish our work on the top of the archway. We’ve said this in every post involving the spire so far, but just so there is no misunderstanding,  Copper Exclusive is NOT responsible for crafting the spire.   We built the archways, ornaments and the... [Read more]

The Cross. A Masterpiece of Disguise.

Our beautiful cross has undergone many a facelift on its way to the top of the spire.  Here is a walk down memory lane: [View with PicLens] ... [Read more]

Golden Glory

We scared the living daylights out of a lot of you with our last post when we showed pictures of our copper cross masterwork completely coated with a matte yellow primer, but hopefully we’re on our way to redeeming ourselves with this entry.  As you can see, we’ve finally started the gilding process!  We’re about a quarter of the way done at this point. We worked late into the night... [Read more]

Priming the Copper Cross

No freaking out!  Promise?  Ok, you can look.  We know, it kind of looks like the  yellow styrofoam version of the copper cross at this point, but it’s the real thing, we promise!  Our beautiful copper cross is on its way to its heavenly golden coat.  To get there, we had to first prime the entire structure.  We tinted the primer a light buttercream color to compliment the gold leaf overlay. ... [Read more]

Adding the Copper Spire to the Archway

We had some fun today!  As you can see, we added the copper spire to the archway. We temporarily lifted the tower so the specialists could attach the lights.  Yes!  The tower will be lit!  And Jesse Rhodes from Hightower Construction (pictured on the left) added a makeshift cross (about the height of the real cross) made out of 2 x 4s just so we could better visualize the end result.  Ok…and... [Read more]

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