Month: October 2020

Warped Wing Whale Video

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Filming set up in the Barrel room

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In the craft beer industry, the Whale is symbolic of the unattainable rare beer. The lost Ark. Hidden somewhere, but never found. This quest for perfection is what drives us. The Warped Wing Brewing Company beginnings, hearkens back to the first three brands visually depicted on our cans. Each of those cans highlight a whale as a visual metaphor. On a journey. All woven together with people and places that make Ohio a hot bed for history, invention and innovation. This wood sculpture embodies that. As the Whale carries the pilot brewery and its pre- cious cargo from the original brewery on Wyandot Street in downtown Dayton, O., it makes the epic flight south to another place we now call home. Welcome to The Warped Wing Barrel Room & Smokery in Springboro. Be sure to check out our custom piece in the Taproom! Woodcraft by @david_bignell Design by John Pattison Video by Full Frame Photography

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St Nicholas Carvings

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The following are examples of the hundreds of these carvings representing the gift givers of Christmas. Each one has a deep history to the region and is based on these legends. St Nicholas is most commonly known, but Julesnisse is from the Norway region. Belsnickles are German based. Interestingly many of these legends have a sidekick or helper as well such as the terrifying German Krampus.

Warped Wing Barrel Aged Whale

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Great projects begin with great designs and this was an incredible design from noted illustrator John Pattison. This is our second collaboration for Warped Wing Brewery. We also did the Baltic Argonaut project in 2015. John did the design work for this mythical beast and helped at many critical design decisions on this massive 5′ long project.

The whale initially weighed over 75 pounds and was made from a single 12′ long piece of basswood that was cut up and glued up in the rough shape of the design.

The cardboard mockup was essential to getting the shapes right.

The project was so big I worked on it hanging on the wall to visualize how it would look when finished.