July 2020
Time to make: 3 hours
Finishing: 1 hour
Original design: Bill Macfarlane
Today is the day! (That was till Covid-19 reared it's ugly head) So, my pack is unpacked and I'm back in prep mode for Trek 7-11C in 2022.
My design took the 2018 contingent (whose trip was cancelled because of the Ute fire) design and added the rising sun, in the form of the Zia, to symbolize a new beginning and hope for the returning members to the 2020 crews. The only difference between this and our final logo was a gray background.
Carved from maple, it was great to bring this project from an idea in my head, to design on the computer, to offical crew logo, and finally a multi level slide. The top level is the Tooth of Time but what you can't see in the photo is the different levels within the mountain and hill in front of it. The next level is the dome of the sun followed by the rays of the Zia. I used a Dremel tool with a saw bit to cut the spaces between the rays. The last level is the background
Painting this slide turned out to be the hardest part of the slide as I had to paint the Zia a few times to get it right and trying to interpret the vegetation on the Tooth. The paint is hobby paint and a couple coats of poly finish it off.
