In the almost thirteen years I’ve been employed at Taylor Studios, I’ve heard some pretty interesting comments about our work.  The obvious comments like “WOW” or “It looks so real I can’t believe you made that” have been repeated over the years.  There are a few others that stand out, however, and I thought I would share those today.

At one point, I was a Senior exhibit designer/project manager working on a project in Stone Mt., Georgia.  From the start, I was informed about the fire marshal there and how he was very strict and held the line.  We had to use non flammable products only and provide all the MSDS sheets to back them up.  This was an interesting challenge but one that we achieved.  During an unscheduled walkthrough with the fire marshal and building maintenance person, the fire marshal stopped at one of our dioramas.  Looking at the  large red cedar tree model he said this tree has to go! There can’t be any real trees in this gallery.  He was serious and didn’t believe us when we told him it was fake.  I had to provide in-progress photos and the appropriate MSDS documentation in order for him to approve the tree.


Now one might be frustrated and even be put off by the guy at this point, but to me this was cool!  We had just successfully fabricated a tree that needed photo evidence proving it wasn’t real!  I would say that was a quality fabrication.

At the Albany Pine Bush Discovery Center, we fabricated an entire Pitch Pine tree including the root ball.  This tree was suspended in the atrium of the gallery and was the focal point of the room.  After we were finished with the installation, one visitor asked the director of the nature center “How do you water the tree?”


We had done it again!  There was an individual looking at our work wondering how we did it and how the client actually waters the tree.

Good job to our extremely talented team and the quality product they produce!