We love you Hertfordshire! More images from the making of a rock video.

See the videos at

http://www.youtube.com/user/keithwheatley1

It's interesting to note how little information it takes to let you know something isn't quite right.

With the grass digitally replaced by sand and a small section of blue plastic sheet digitally removed, 
the image is now a rock pool.

The making of a rock video...

I didn't have any chicks in the rock videos although there were some cygnets with their mum and dad nearby.

Beach pebbles on a roll.

Real pebbles on top of pebble sheet.

Add a few props...

Close up showing how authentic the fake rocks appear. 

Rock videos

I do love the odd play on words.   Teenage death metal fans look away now as I post a link to my version of rock videos here:

Link: hard rock (but light rock) 

Rocks and boulders for a roof terrace

A customer asked for some bespoke rocks and boulders for a roof terrace.   A new mould for a 1.2m tall x 800mm wide rock worked out to around £ 2800.00 plus vat and I suggested using our existing rocks and tall stones instead.   My suggestion differed from the original layout but sometimes compromises have to be made.   Here is my suggestion:

Divaopera.com

Divaopera.com asked for a rock that could be used to sit on and another that could be stood upon.   They needed to be lightweight but strong.   There weren't any standard rocks that would suit and so I made some bespoke rocks for them.   It wasn't easy, but here's one I made earlier...

www.divaopera.com

www.artificialrocks.co.uk

Motorcycle display stand...

I couldn't resist enhancing the image of the off-road bike a little more...

Real bike, fake rocks.

In order to add a hint of ruggedness to their vehicular displays, Jeep kindly bought a large number of lightweight artificial rocks from us: www.artificialrocks.co.uk.   A visitor to one the their shows was very impressed with the quality of the SUVs on display and also impressed by the display stand.   The customer wanted a number of rocks that he could supply to dealerships to display alongside his AJP off-road bikes: street legal but competition quality enduros.  

I showed the customer a large rock that could be used to display the bike with and this is the idea that we came up with:  Neat, huh?

Ignore the garage door in the background and try to imagine a display stand with some strategically placed soil and dirt in the foreground.

No wait, let me add some to the picture as the image below.   Add a table with some sales literature and the image of the rugged off-roader is sold to the customer!

The style above will be used for motorcycle shows as opposed to dealerships and will feature in the International Dirt Bike Show later on in 2012.  http://www.dirtbikeshow.co.uk/