Sculptor succeeds on cutting edge of water.BEN Menashe Baron was not looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the American dream American dream also American Dream n. An American ideal of a happy and successful life to which all may aspire: when he and his family came to Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. from Jerusalem 25 years ago. He was seeking medical treatment for his daughter who was suffering from a rare condition. But he's since made Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, his home and turned his sculpting sculpting Cosmetic surgery The surgical reshaping of a tissue. See Deep tissue sculpting, Facial sculpting. hobby into a family business with annual sales of about $1 million. At Charisma Design Studio in Sun Valley, Baron and Ran Menashe, his son and partner, fabricate custom signs, statues, doors -even manhole covers--out of metal, stone, glass and synthetics. "We came here for medical help for one of my daughters. At UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , the doctors gave us a miracle. They cured her vision and arthritis problem. But she had to have treatment for life. We only planned to stay for one year. So I looked around for a business to start. I was a general contractor A general contractor is an organization or individual that contracts with another organization or individual (the owner) for the construction of a building, road or any other execution of work or facility. in Israel, but there was a recession when we came and I couldn't find any work. I tried to do something with sculpting, which I did before, but just for fun. We made our permanent home here and we've been citizens for 20 years. My daughter is still in a wheelchair and is a practicing psychologist. "I opened the business in 1980. We have a 6,000-square-foot warehouse with an office and a showroom. We have five employees and hire people for projects. If we have small jobs, we do five or six a day, but larger projects can take up to two months with everyone in the shop working on it. "Our specialty is waterjet cutting. The machine shoots water through a nozzle. It cuts through five inches of steel or titanium, glass, marble, any material. We also use it for inlays and etching. "In 1995 we wanted to buy a waterjet machine, but it was so expensive, we decided to build one. We saw the machine in use in a demonstration. The price was $150,000, but they didn't tell us you need to buy another $100,000 worth of accessories. We bought a used pump and built it slowly between jobs for about 1 1/2 years and it cost us about $70,000. We still use it. Two years ago we bought a new one for $250,000. And we don't need to pay for maintenance because we learned how to do it ourselves. "On Cahuenga and Franklin we did a 30-foot glass 'Hollywood' sign. It's prism-shaped with fiber optic lighting, and stainless steel stainless steel: see steel. stainless steel Any of a family of alloy steels usually containing 10–30% chromium. The presence of chromium, together with low carbon content, gives remarkable resistance to corrosion and heat. interior. It was completed in spring 2003 for The Yucca Corridor Coalition of Property Owners and Managers. We've also been doing sandblasted redwood signs for Los Angeles city and county parks for 20 years." |
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