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Carpe diem! Brand new standing clock with rust finish. The clock face features a small planet picture of a man basking in the sun holding a sun reflector under his face. Clock diameter ca. 9'', total height ca. 30''. Uses this image. See all other pictures possible in this model.
We met with our architect and builder today to review the first draft of our custom home. We are building 3 miles from my office and 20 minutes from Paulette's.
Built from reclaimed marble, recovered by reuse action (reuseaction.com) from a lavatory renovation in one of the Buffalo Public Schools. It was a stall partition, so a close inspection shows who loved who, and all sorts of school age nonsense scratched into the marble. We cut it down to size for the customer and left the markings in the marble as part of its charm. The legs, undercarriage and mounting brackets are all made of reclaimed house trim. The marble installed originally in the 1920s, most likely by Italian immigrant craftsmen. In this city the old wood work was done by Poles and Germans, while the stone work was done by the Italians. crafts they brought from their home countries. Without rescuing this material it (and its heritage) would be in the landfill.
Each piece we build is unique and imbued with history...and keeping materials out of landfills.
these are some very twisty, old beech beams from a WNY barn. They were cut in the late 1800s and may have been a few hundred years old when the trees were cut. these monsters are extremely heavy, very naily, twisty, covered in whitewash...but if one looks deeper there is beautiful wood.
Admittedly this can be a difficult task, especially with my shop equipment, which is at the edge of what it can do. But old barn woods can produce spectacular results. It's never clear wood, but knotty and spalted, with nail holes and checks and marks from its past use in agriculture. I personally like a cleaner look (as oppossed to the full on rustic look) but with hints of its reused nature in the imperfections and the dramatic grains.
I'm a champion of the imperfection in all areas of life and old wood is part of that. I love the fact that I'm reusing this national treasure....the primeval old-growth forests, hopefully in pieces that will be heirlooms. Each piece is unique. Each piece of wood has its own personality. Each piece behaves differently...sometimes difficultly....but in the end each person's carpentry project is a one-of-kind piece, just like all of us.
These will be a side table for a customer...after I wrestle them through cycles of joining, sawing and planing.
Stainless steel countertops built and install by Central Air Conditioning Co., Mechanical Contractor. For more information please visit www.centralairco.com.
Note the bell's rim. There is a flat brass ribbon behind the roll in the rim that runs around the circumference of the bell. Buescher started using this method of forming the bell rim in the early 1930s, possibly in 1930 when the "New Aristocrat" trumpet was introduced. The bells on earlier horns - trumpets and saxophones - had rounder, thicker rolled rims and lacked the reinforcing ribbon.
Here and in the following pics also note the thick, grooved flat brass ribbon used on the third-valve finger ring.