This same Puzzle Screen commissioned by Vincent Wolf was featured on the cover of the Oct-Nov 2011 issue of Interiors Magazine.
Friday, June 26, 2015
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Missouri Bank Artboards
2nd time's a charm! Rie's art for Missouri Banks ArtBoards. The Art Boards are part of the Arts Through Architecture program which is a partnership of the American Institute of Architects - Kansas City and the Charlotte Street Foundation.
Vintage Kansas City Postcard
Our studio is located in a 100+ year old building in the Crossroads District of downtown Kansas City, MO. Awhile back we picked up this vintage postcard on ebay of a birds-eye view of Grand Blvd. looking north. I'm guessing from the cars in the photo this picture was from the 1920's to possibly the 1930's. On the postcard our building has advertising for Sweet Caporal tobacco painted on it's north side. During this period the ground floor of our building housed a sausage shop and the upper two floors were one of the many short stay hotels located in the area near Union Station. The Sweet Caporal tobacco sign has long ago disappeared as did the trolley cars but in recent years, downtown KC has made major strides in revitalizing it's downtown. Union Station has been restored to it's former grandeur. A new downtown arena and performing arts center have changed the skyline, a light rail system is currently under construction, and for the first time in many decades, people are flocking back into the city to live and work.
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Some Privacy Please
A client recently asked us to design a privacy screen for one side of their patio that faces a street with fairly high traffic. They wanted something that would not completely block their view or natural light and also be very low maintenance. Being avid art collectors, they also wanted something that would not only have a function, but also have the aesthetic qualities one might associate with an outdoor sculpture. This is the powder coated steel privacy screen we designed and fabricated for them.
Fabricating this piece was somewhat reminiscent of our "Barnacles" sculpture we did a few years back, only on a much smaller scale. Believe it or not, these are all the pieces of the screen/sculpture stacked on my welding tables. The square tube will be welded into six separate frames that will eventually be bolted together on site and anchored to the clients patio. Then approximately 400 square and rectangular 14ga. sheet metal pieces will be attached to these frames.
Before welding, all the square tube pieces were laid out on a full size template to make sure that all the pieces were cut to the proper length, had the correct bevel cuts where needed, and that all the holes were drilled in the correct positions.
We than began welding the pieces into small sections and then welding the smaller sections together until the frame was complete.
After completing the frames we began welding threaded studs to the sheet metal pieces.
After the threaded stud was welded to the piece, a threaded stand-off was attached.
The finished sheet metal pieces boxed up and ready to go to the powder coater.
The first day of the install consisted of installing the six frames that comprised the screen.
It took a couple more days to attach the sheet metal pieces and clean my fingerprints off them. The finger prints are actually anti-seize lubricant that I was using during the install.
The finished piece.
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