Ewingcraft

Ewingcraft has become well known as the company to go to when technical engineering and problem solving require special attention. Ewingcraft was established by Isaac Ewing II in 1982. Isaac started entering model building competitions in San Francisco's Hobby Shops at the age of 9. He practically lived at Franciscan Hobbies on Ocean Ave in San Francisco. 45 years later, Isaac can still be found

at Franciscan Hobbies when in need of specialty items. While most of his friends at the age of 9 were learning about sports, Isaac was catching the bus across town to buy the latest colors in "Pactra" enamel paints for his models. In school, at the age of 12, he took all of the craft classes, including wood, metal, welding, and plastics, which seemed to become natural extensions of his model building. At 13, his life really changed when he took his first "Mechanical Drafting" class, which introduced him to scale productions, and how to accurately put ideas to paper. After buying the small scaled plastic model of the motorcycle that Peter Fonda drove in "Easy Rider", with new knowledge from his drafting class, Isaac was able to scale up the model to a "mini bike" size. Weinrit, at Luther Burbank Junior High, allowed Isaac to bring in 35 pounds of metal tubing to class, and build his first functional, drivable, and motorized Easy Rider mini bike. After 5 months of bending and welding, the bike was completed at the end of the semester. Fitted with a 3 horse power Briggs and Stratton engine, the bike sold for a tidy little profit shortly after completion of fabrication. At the age of 15, Isaac became a student at Balboa High, where he took on his first Architectural Drafting class. After graduating high school, Isaac went from building model cars, to building real cars. The desire for money, during the "Me" period of the 1980's, drew Isaac into the Investment Business, where he worked as a Futures Trader for two years. Later, in 1982, he decided to go back to his original love of building, and that's when Ewingcraft was born. He acquired his State Contractors License for Electrical Signage in 1988, and went back to college in 1998 to pursue a degree in Architectural Technology, and Construction Management. He did his internship for a major builder, building the Four Seasons Hotel on Market Street in San Francisco, and in 2001, moved to Florence Italy to study Architecture, Western European Art History, and Language, before continuing his internship in London for the same major builder. While in Florence, he met his wife, who moved with him to London while he worked as a Construction Manager Intern renovating the Treasury located two blocks from Big Ben off of Westminster. In 2002, he arrived back in the states to rejoin his crew and continue marketing Ewingcraft. Several years later, Ewingcraft is now working with some of the hottest Architects in the United States, including Cass Calder Smith, BCV, Aidlin Darling, and Jim Maxwell. Ewingcraft is now the number one sign company for the Ferry Building in San Francisco, The Oxbow in Napa, the new Jack London Square in Oakland, and many of the new young and sexy South of Market (SOMA) establishments in San Francisco.