Before I actually come to make the bar, I will need to consider materials, weight and size because this bar needs to be light enough to be transported and carried up to the top of the Victoria building.
Back Panels
I started off by building two back panels and one size panel made up of Slate batons and 4mm plywood. Each panel is 1200mm x 2100mm.
On the face of each panel 150mm from the top is a 50mm bull nose baton. This is fixed there because it will support the roof that will be created.
Counter
The process of building the bar started with cutting the top to size which is 2400mmx 400mm using 18mm ply also cutting two sides 982mm x 400mm which where all screwed together. The frame was then created for the front and to support the counter using slate batons. The Slate batons are really good for keeping the bar light but sturdy.
Again like the size and the back panels 4mm ply was used to keep the weight down also completing the construction of the bar.
All the ply wood was glued and pinned to ensure stability remains throughout.]
Canopy
For the Canopy I used 18mm ply wood to make the box frame to the the relevant size of the Counter with a slate baton frame in size to carry the 4mm ply wood on the underside edge set in 50mm on the external frame.
Once all the pieces where constructed I then applied dulux weather shield stainer for effect on the areas shown using a technique sanding and re-coating 6 times to build up the colour whilst showing the grain of the wood.
Please note: I do not recommend this particular stain as it took 16 hours between each coat to dry!!!!!!
Like any project in graphic design its always important for me to test my work to ensure everything works so I decided to build up the bar temporarily using nuts, bolts and screws to ensure it all fits together, also I could then start to size my graphics up accurately.
Once everything was double checked and fit together smoothly the bar was then taken apart into its individual components for decoration and final finishing.
I decided I was going to wallpaper the back and side wall with a brick texture to give a wall effect rather than using actual bricks for obvious reasons. A problem I came across was matching up the wall paper on each panel so I decided to re attach the back two panels and wallpaper them together and simply just slice the wallpaper down the middle so the pattern matches up. The side panel proved a massive error in my design as I had to do it separate and the brick joints don’t match.
Originally for the counter I wanted to use pallet wood or rough sawn timber in a vertical pattern for effect but I did not consider the weight so I had to search for an alternative wallpaper texture. The above picture was my first choice but after testing against the bar I wanted to do it horizontal because it wouldn’t make it look as small so I decided to have some wallpaper made.
I contacted Canvas art rocks and decided to have the dark wood texture mural cut to the size of the bar. The horizontal 3d effect makes the bar look wider than vertical style paper.
After reviewing and looking at the bar itself the canopy blocked the natural light to the back walls so I decided I need some artificial lighting to illuminate the back wall where the branding will be.
I decided to contact a local electrician (my dad) to advise and install low voltage 12lv lighting into the canopy to illuminate the back wall.
Once the bar was complete I put it all together again for graphics application and light testing and chrome bar fitment. ie chrome pole, optics and simulated beer pumps that where simply made out of stair spindles.
Final Major Project 