Reduce, reuse, Re-Igloo: Civic Arena roof regifted by Wendell August Forge
And Penguins fans are able to preserve their own piece of the local landmark after it's gone. Demolition on the arena began in late September 2011 and is ongoing.The Wendell August Forge, based in Grove City, Pa., has recently added new products to its line of handmade steel crafts that commemorate the Civic Arena using stainless steel taken from the building's iconic retractable roof, including coffee mugs, pilsner glasses, coasters, wine toppers, money clips and bookmarks.
All new products feature the Penguins' original logo, used from 1967-1968 and the 2011 Winter Classic. Each product is also engraved with a seal certifying it as "authentic Civic Arena , marketing and product manager for the forge.
The forge's Civic Arena project started in December 2011, when the forge decided to create and sell handcrafted holiday ornaments made out of steel from the arena's roof, crafted in two designs depicting either the Penguins team logo or the Pittsburgh skyline. The surprising and overwhelming success of the ornaments motivated Wendell August to add more products to the line last week after purchasing additional steel removed from the arena's roof.
"We tried to plan in advance how many ornaments we would produce,"
Since the ornaments were so popular and because each ornament is handmade, many customers who placed orders for ornaments in December are just now receiving their items. The ornaments are no longer being sold.
"It is a long process because stainless steel is more difficult to hammer," said Karen Anderson, regional retail manager at Wendell August Forge. "When we were making the ornaments, we were only able to make 20 to 26 an , the Wendell August workshop and retail store completely burned down two years ago. Just two days before the fire, the Penguins had made the largest order in the forge's history for the production of hand-hammered aluminum tickets to give out at the last game at Mellon Arena.
After the fire, the funding from the Penguins allowed Wendell August to rebuild, reopen its doors and produce the tickets in time for the final regular season Civic Arena game, April 8, 2010.
Making An Igloo - News
"Everyone wants a piece of The Igloo, and we were able to make things affordable," said Alex DeGroff, marketing and product manager for the forge. The forge's Civic Arena project started in December 2011, when the forge decided to create and sell
"The older groups cut the cardboard, learned how to make a complete circle and counted all the milk jugs," Smith said. Adults used hot glue to adhere the jugs to one another. In all, around 700 jugs were used to create the igloo — a structure large
A 10-year-old autistic boy in Britain's Yorkshire county collapsed and died while playing in the snow and building an igloo, the Daily Express reported Wednesday. Joshua Houlgate had been ecstatic at the first snowfall of the year.
Reception class pupils from Bishop Harland school in Sunderland have been making an igloo out of milk bottles as part of a learning initiative about the Arctic. BUDDING polar explorers have been making their own pint-sized igloo.
This past summer, I put a nice bed in his outdoor igloo dog house (he has two inside the house, as well). A couple of months later he had pulled it out of the house inside the kennel and completely ripped it apart. I vowed not to buy another one and
The Inklings of Life: Marshmallow Igloos & Mom Pride
Me: Oh, wow, Ginger Boy, that sounds awesome. I'm so proud of you for coming up with such a unique idea of what to make and how to make it. I really am proud. Maybe you are getting my artistic genes afterall... wait. That sounds a little too ingenious, even for my boy. Honey, did you come up with that all by yourself, or did you see it somewhere? I'm not saying I don't think my children are creative, please don't get me wrong about that. He's 7, and he is already an amazing artist. He can build anything you want, out of Legos. And, if you tell him what to draw, he does it, with amazing detail and precision for a 7 year old- if you tell him what to draw (unless it's Zelda stuff other video game stuff, then he draws it himself, all freaking day long). The igloo made out of marshmallows is a great idea... too great for him to have just spit it out as the first thing he could think of making. So, I dug for information, which proved to be well worth it. How much of the castle is The Ginger's creation? Most of it. My sister and I collected a bunch of discarded items around the house (soda cans, boxes, the little coffee cups you put in the Keurig), set them all out and let him design it, with our opinions thrown in, of course. Then came the spray painting (I did) and the final touches, which he did himself (I ran the hot glue gun, but he did the work of it). And the Mom Pride of walking with him into school today, seeing all the kids with igloos made out of marshmallows as we walked through the halls, and putting his massive project down in his classroom, on a table with 3 igloos made of marshmallows on it. The teacher saw his project, and I could see it in her eyes- she lit up, laughed for a second, and complemented The Ginger on his amazing castle. I'm sure she was sick of seeing igloos made out of marshmallows.
Making a White den and feeling like you're in an igloo :)
Eskimose see the sun after making an igloo in the snow drop their things and start singingwat time is it summer time
man my plans of making an igloo today failed):
Might be making an igloo again
Saw some kids making an igloo.