CARPENTER

"Isn't this the carpenter? Isn't this Mary's son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren't his sisters here wth us?" And they took offense at him.   –Mark 6:2-3

Carpenter was our first "junk lettering" sign, and it was a lot of fun to put together. Sam helped me lay out an impressive array of the tools and "junk" we were given. This was one of three tables of junk, not including the items too heavy to place on a table.

We were incredibly pleased with our first junk sign.

Then Mike burst our bubble by telling us we couldn't hang rusty metal tools on rotten siding boards.

Killjoy.

He kindly offered to take on the task of reinforcing the sign with purchased (new) wood.

So we spent the next three weeks kicking Carpenter around on the floor while we moved on to other signs. Thankfully, Mike reinforced the sign, we attached the tools with a combination of industrial glue (E6000 is our BFF) and by drilling holes in the sign and wiring the tools to the boards.

The finished result is definitely one of my favorites, but it also presented quite a challenge to the talented crew on hanging day.