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The parts for the east wall sculpture have been welded together at
Amaral Custom Fabrications in Bristol, RI
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3 Wall sculpture elements: East Wall Sculpture, Center Sculpture and South Wall Sculpture
showing weld joints - joining parts from waterjet cutter |
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![Welding the stiffener plates on the back](images/Amaral-03-800.jpg) |
Welding the stiffener plates to the back of the south wall sculpture
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![Stiffener Plates](images/Amaral-05A-800.jpg)
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Stiffener plates on the east wall sculpture
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![Stiffener plates on the south wall sculpture](images/Amaral-06A-800.jpg)
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Stiffener plates on the south wall sculpture
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![Stiffener Plates welded to back](images/Baystate-Reinforcing-SculptureBrackets-3-700.jpg) |
5 1/4" x 2-3/4" aluminum stiffener plates (in red) welded to the back of the sculpture along with
the numbered sculpture brackets that are bolted to the wall brackets |
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Looking at the back of the east wall sculpture. The south wall sculpture is on the floor
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![The east wall sculpture](images/Baystate-6565-800.jpg)
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Laying out the east and south wall sculptures showing the angle at which they meet
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![The east and south wall sculpture meet at a 105 degree angle](images/Baystate-6553a-800.jpg)
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Imagine you are looking down on the sculpture from above - the floor is the south wall of the building
The east wall sculpture (on the left) meets the south wall sculpture at a 105 degree angle.
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![Preparation for painting - Primer layers](images/Amaral-11-800.jpg)
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Preparing for painting - spraying the high build layer (the yellow - thick primer) and the gray epoxy primer
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![Spraying epoxy primer](images/Amaral-12-800.jpg)
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Preparing for painting - Layers of build up 1. pink epoxy filler 2. yellow thick primer 3. grey expoxy primer
smooths out imperfections in the surface as where the but joint was welded (on right)
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Preparing
for painting - Matching the color of the brick for the brackets on the
back of the sculpture and mixing the blue.
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Wall brackets are painted to match the
brick
Connectors at corner where east and south wall
sculptures meet before being painted
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The back of the sculpture
is painted to match the brick. Shown here taped and wrapped -
ready to be turned over for painting the front.
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![Template for hole drilling in the brick](images/Amaral-21-template-800.jpg)
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Template for drilling the holes in the brick wall
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![The colors are complete](Images/Amaral-23a-800.jpg)
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- The painting has been completed
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![Color scheme](images/BaystateWallDesign-Final-3Db-C2-675w.jpg)
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![Baystate Children's Hospital Specialty Center](images/Baystate-6499a-800.jpg)
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Baystate Children's Hospital Specialty Center - 50 Wason Avenue - Springfield
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to see drawings of the proposed wall sculpture design click here
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