The client desired book shelves which would span the wall to accommodate his sprawling collection. But baseboard heaters also lined the wall, so we had to allow air passage at the bottom which we masked with grilles. We also ran electric behind the whole thing so a receptacle is available for a lamp or whatever at the center. A rolltop conceals a center desk area with pigeon holes for papers. The flanking sections have lower cabinets, drawers, a fixed shelf and two adjustable shelves.
At first I wondered why my daughters were
sketched, crouching with these unremembered
adults…finally it all came back to me…they were
extras in Mowgli’s wolfpack…neighborhood
kids cleverly recruited by the theatre troupe,
no doubt to boost box office.
These minute-long poses are rather fun.
I have this nice leaded-glass transom, but it was all rather plain,
so I decided to punch it up with some new casing. The corbels are
sculpted in Sculpy and set into wooden housing. I then made molds
and cast numerous copies in plaster. The woman represents the
warm season and the man represents to cool season and the
emblems above them echo that. The emblems are carved, sawn
and glued wood. The grooves on the vertical casings were
produced on the table saw. Some of the trim is store-bought
millwork and some I produced, like the dentil.
