Daily accounts of the project’s progress from Monday, September 12th to Friday, September 16nd, 2005.
On Monday, September 12th, the painter paints the sculpture with a
red stripe .
On Tuesday, September 13th, the painter sands the red to prepare the surface for the other colors to be painted.
Wednesday, September 14th, the painter
lays down the tapelines for the stripes of the German flag. He first painted
the black stripe and then the yellow stripe. He then painted the entire sculpture with
clear to give it a nice glossy sheen.
Thursday, September 15th, the painter paints the
other parts that were too large to fit in the paint booth at the same time as the main sculpture.
Friday, September 16th, the painter preps the areas that will need to be touched up.
Daily accounts of the project’s progress from Monday, August 29th to Friday, September 2nd, 2005.
Monday, August 29th, I worked on the sculpture
applying bondo and sanding it smooth .
Tuesday, August 30th, the painter said
he would take care of all the bondo and sanding work . I was free to
organize the storage trailer and find all the parts that would be need to be prepped for painting.
Wednesday, August 31st, as the painter worked on sanding and applying more filler, I worked with another shop technician to
further disassemble the remains of the Trabant .
Thursday, September 1st, the video technician from Cologne based firm
235Media arrives with a video projector. We work out all the
technical aspects of the video installation and find that it will not be as difficult as we had imagined.
Friday, September 2nd, the painter continues his work of applying bondo and sanding as I clean parts that will be needed after the sculpture is painted. As Herr Braun is on vacation, the painter is left in charge and closes early for the weekend at 2:30 p.m. But we have closed the shop everyday for the past week at least a quarter to if not half an hour before 5.
