My husband and I enjoyed finding images we liked, converting the images to computer language, taking the thumb drive from the office to the shop, using the computer-guided torch system we built out there to cut the piece out from an 8×4 sheet of sheet metal, then welding it to the mailbox attachment piece we made. We then used an overhead projector to help me mark the blank sheet metal so I could redraw the image on the sheet metal, front and back. I then painted it with outdoor metal paint and then put several coats of protective spray on both sides so it would ‘weather the weather’ as well as possible.
We did designs for the holidays each month, plus favorite cartoon characters and more. We ended up with enough that we changed the mailbox decoration twice each month. It was the joy of our lives when someone would stop and tell us they enjoyed what we were doing. Some, in fact, said they went out of their way to see what we were displaying each month!
Here are some of our designs –
More to follow another time…
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What a wonderful creative partnership you and your husband shared, Linda! The way you blended technology with traditional artistry—from computer coding to torch cutting to hand-painting—is truly special. I love that you created a little rotating gallery on your mailbox that brought joy to your neighborhood. It’s those small, unexpected moments of creativity that can brighten someone’s entire day, and how lovely that people made a point to stop by and see what you’d created next. Your holiday designs must have been absolutely charming!
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We really had a blast. My husband was a computer analyst and not at all art oriented, but he excelled at the machinery, technology and all the design work it took to get the designs up and was quite opinionated about what we should create next, what colors, etc. A really fun time in our lives, leaving lots of great memories!
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