The Logo...Member Guest 2016

Member Guest 2016 - Logo

About 7 or 8 years ago I decided to paint our club logo, the crossed Peace-pipe and Tomahawk, on the 10th fairway to do something different for our Member Guest event.  Since the original effort it has been requested a number of times, and if the weather is right we get it done.   The process is tedious and it's all done by hand.  This year's episode took me and 2 staff members 3 hours and 41 minutes to complete.  It was done the day prior to the 3-day event.  Below are a number of picutres and discriptions of the process and the final result.

 

 

 

 

 

First step: scale had to be determined.  1" on paper = 3'on the fairway. 

String was set up and the ends marked, then checked for proper positioning from the 10th tee.

small stakes were used to indicate where features would be located.

once all the stakes were set, a few indicator lines were made. 

Outling was the next step.  This was all done by my hand, no stencils or pre-fab.  Just trust the lay out and proceed.

Had to stretch the back regularly, 3 hunched over hours is a long time.

Once the outline is completed - time to move on to colors.

At this point I was ready for some help and called in my son Nick and Ryan Palmieri to help with the color fills.

adding color to the feathers.

Red paint seemed to take the longest to grow out after the event, fortunately the temperatures remained cool enough that no turf was lost.

Nick giving the all good sign !

Nick and Ryan unloading paint, nearly 4 cases were used.

Completed version

Ryan Palmieri, Nick Paquette and myself after 3:41 successfully done.

This view taken from a drone flyover.   I wish I could have been lying in the center of the X for size comparison. 
This logo was nearly 40' x  30'  yes...feet, when done.