Preps

Busy days these.
We've been worker bees the past few.
See?:

First there was the time i broke the needle off of our new sewing machine sewing our dividers and it got stuck inside the machine and i had to take the whole thing apart.

Then we made tables with our dads and a real construction worker. You'll see.

Dan Pauk vs. Mike Dellios

Mike doing some of his optiad work

"Alo?"

"Need one of these?"
Just a bit of reno work

Sewing machine repaired and primed

Go Kevin! Stencil that.

Dividers finito

Time for hanging - Robin Schurman's work

Scary

Our reward came in the form of two lovely cases of wine from the also lovely Reif Estates Winery. See last post for hyperlink.

Cameron's Brewing Company we love you.
Thank you for our new fridge.

Mike, Nicole and I, Oliver having our supper. Ready to wake up early.

You have to lock that up

good day!

Big day today in the life of the collective, the space has been emptied of all personal belongings, and we are now in full swing of having things ready for this Saturday. We rented a good ol UHAUL and took care of everything, the fridge we bought about a month ago is now present, as are the dividers we picked up. We will be putting new fabric on the dividers even though the pink floral is quite lovely, and we are also throwing around the idea of having a tap on the fridge, so we can serve nice cool drafts at the gallery events. The fridge is rather nice, I believe its from the 50's. Check out these pics: (from blackberry, sorry for the poor quality):




We also locked down our Liquor License for the event on November 1, so we will be serving some tasty drinks, along with some yummy catering that our friend Shelby is taking care of. The wine is coming from REIF Estates in Niagara-on-the-Lake. There was an interesting trip made there a few weeks ago to check it out, and we then had a tasting last week from a lovely lady named Carol. Needless to say, the wine is succulent.

Everything is coming together, and everyone involved seems to be really quite excited. Cant wait for Nivember!

Oh, and if all of the above wasnt enough for your brain to handle, check this little beaut out:


MD and OP

Kickoff Party

Hi All,
please come to Akin Collective Commences to help us celebrate the official opening of the studio on November 1st. Come early so you don't miss the tasty treats. Here's the facebook link:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=30483261138
See you there.
love,
Mike and Oliver

Akin Patch

isn't our logo just wonderful, designed by akin'er Nicole T. We will have some neat things in the next few days that use it. She also screened some grand t's this past weekend, images to come?

A present

Our lovely friend lucas has, once again, come in in the clutch. This time it's in the form of, no, not more painted school equipment, but by lending us an amazing piece of his art. This crazy structure is made entirely from pieces of wicker and uses no adhesive whatsoever. The pix pretty much say the rest.

Mike and I getting schooled on freestyle weaving

Purty

Look at those wee fingers go

Fern taking it all in once we stopped her from trying to make a nest inside the thing

More post-hanging images to come. Promise

The "Lyons" and other acquisitions

So it's happening. Oliver and I took a day a few weeks ago and made some lovely purchases for the space. The first was a little drive to Niagara Falls where we picked up some old high school lockers made by 'Lyon'. Very cool. They were a beige colour, so we decided to spray paint them Royal Blue. Oliver and I had moved them into the loading dock/freight elevator and sprayed them there.

picking up the rental van

the sun

oh hamilton. onwards to find lockers

in the cargo elevator

This is our pal Lucas applying the finishing coat. Its what he does best. The key to doing this is to start and finish the spray off of the furniture, it prevents drips. Great tip, courtesy of Lucas.

tada.

le sink

a quick stop in at the wash with mike's van

woah

safe

a reward for a few days of hard work