Custom Fireplace Surround © 1999 :: 16 ounce Copper wrapped over a Steel Sub-frame, clad in Honduran Mahogany

Kramer Design Studio © 1999

kramerdesignstudio.com

 

In 1999 I designed & built FOUR

different fireplace surrounds for

2 great guys new Custom home

they’d had built in Lincoln Park.

This one sat in the Master Bedroom.

 

Needing a source for the copper work

I sought out Steve Jensen at C.E.Jensen and Sons,

in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood.

 

Over the years Steve and I became

great friends

and sadly- on the 2nd of February of 2012,

Steve Jensen died of a massive heart attack.

 

His memorial service was yesterday,

it was a large gathering

of many people

who all spoke so highly of Steve

......friends, fellow Vietnam Veterans,

fellow R.C. Submarine geeks, etc.....

and a few Artist/Designers like me.

 

All shared amazing

& sorted stories

of a man

I was glad to have known.

 

Steve Jensen - April 28,1947- 2012 RIP

Done