Art Center Alumni

 What a crazy last couple weeks. Enough said, period.
But, here we are, still alive and recuperating well. :) If you have missed our families fun adventure you can read up here starting with December 9th post.

Steven's project got started with this little sketch...

These are all the pieces that where printed out on SLA. These where the pieces that were wet sanded with a 600 grit paper, done until our fingers where bleeding or when the surface was silky smooth, or whichever came first. ;)
Sanding is the most important part of the process because if the surface is not smooth the paint will go on funny and in which case will look like crap. We could not afford for it to look like crap since Polaris paid $4,500 out of their pocket.

 These pieces where done wet sanding and ready for primer and paint on December 9, 2010. Brandon, Steven's brother, and I started sanding on December 7! Those where the longest 2 days of our life's.

Here are all the parts primered and ready for paint!

Steven painting. This picture was taken around 3:30a.m. on Saturday, December 11.

 

While we waited for the paint to dry we snuck in a hour nap.

This is Steven rehearsal with the Transportation Department on Sunday....

After Sunday the pieces dried and more work was done, more parts where painted, last minute decisions where made. Before we knew it the clock had made 5 revolutions and our time was up. Tuesday was his big day!! This is what we completed in 8 days, without stop. Pictures really don't do justice.

This is the frame of the car from the inside...

This is the guitar I snuck into the studio, and mounted it on the wall while there was presentations going on in the same room. 

 Here is his whole board. Those prints where beautifully mounted and perfectly placed. The two huge projects on the left wall are print-outs that are full scale.

Steven waiting to be called in for his big presentation to"big guys" on Tuesday.

Now let's fast forward to Saturday, December 18th....

 Steven got this email...

Dear Steve:

Congratulations!  Your senior Polaris 2 passenger model has been selected to be photographed by our Alumnus Steve Alfano on Photo Stage 1 which is located near the Equipment Room. 

Your model is scheduled to be photographed for 45 minutes.

Your schedule is as follows:

Tuesday, December 21st
4:00 PM - Polaris 2 passenger

PLEASE REPLY TO THIS E-MAIL TO CONFIRM YOUR SCHEDULE!

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you and Happy Holidays!

Mitch

What great news!! I am so glad it's getting a well deserved photo shoot. 45 minutes is a really long time on an object...

It was so surreal driving under the bridge with Steven and reading this banner. Finally he is DONE!
Being there with Steven for the last couple weeks had really opened my eyes to the kind of work he does. Even though I was there I don't even think I got the full picture at how grueling this school is, I got only a little taste.

On graduation day our families got together to PARRRTAY!!! Benihana was too much fun! It was really entertaining. 

David and Katrina!!!! We love them! Was so fun to have them with us because they know how to party! ;)

Papa Doug and Tanner.  So mesmerized by the awesome cook!

Jared Jones and his sis...Party animals over here!!

Tawny and Scott! They practiced this pose for weeks. I think they NAILED IT! Perfect 10! :)

Grammy and Pops!!  Where would we be without them?

Cj and Hillary! What a lovely couple!!  Tanner's cute cuzzzz... Landon. He takes such cute pictures.

Watch out, Brandon might attack, if not for Jessica this picture would not have been taken. ;)

Giving Steven a round of applause! I love how proud his face is!  

Chocolate musse cake... can never go wrong with Costco. 

The party animals. 

Okay, so I took a gazillion pictures of Tanner and Landon playing together and this was the ONLY one that was somewhat decent. They move WAY too fast. 

Waiting for the ceremony to start! Our family took up almost two rows! 

This is the guy to know in Steven's line of work, Stewart Reed. Stewart has always loved Steve's work, even from the beginning. 

After graduation everyone came see all the hard work...

We would like to thank all of our family and friends who have helped us and supported us in the last 4 years of Steven's education! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Now only time will tell where we'll be! After the holidays we should have an idea... So exciting!!!