Floor mock up in studio

I mocked up the floor tiles today for the entire lobby so that I could figure out where everything will go ahead of time. Below is Tyler helping layout tiles. He's helped me fabricate this project from start to finish. I doubt I could have done this project as well without him.

Here's a spot for people to sit.

The tiles look frosted or foggy now because the tops are sanded. Once they're installed, the floor finish will turn them clear again.

All of the tiles were cut from three of the salvaged timbers. They've been kept in the same order from cutting and book matched to make the mirror image pattern.

Counter Installation

I installed this counter height chunck of decking at Rollin St yesterday. The 2x6's were salvaged from the former building on site where they were nailed together for floor decking. I pulled the 20 foot long boards apart, denailed them, planed them, graded them, glued and screwed them back together, filled the voids with blue resin, sanded them flat, applied clear epoxy all over, cut a hole in the center and slotted it over this 9 foot tall column.

The architects have designed a really great space for my work. I feel really lucky to have them on this project.

The tradesmen on site are a great group as well. I've borrowed three different tools from the guy whose face you can see in the above picture. They all want the building to look good and are proud of their work.

Here's a shot of the space with most of the interior columns visible. Today, we delivered and installed the bigger chunk of decking. We worked 10 hours without taking a break and barely got it done. Didn't have time to shoot pictures, but I'll go back later this week and follow up.

Rollin Street timber salvaging

After nearly three years since I got my commission to make a work of art for Vulcan's Rollin Street Flats at the corner of Westlake and Denny, I'm finally installing the work. This is how the fabrication stage for my Rollin Street Flats project started on a sunny in February of 2007.
Here's some images of my studio as I worked with those 100 year old timbers after salvaging them from the Rollin Street site during demolition of the former buildings.Installation for the project started at the end of November with anchoring 8 tall timbers into the structural slab. Fabrication Specialties handled the heavy lifting. The next phase of installation starts next week and continues for about 4 weeks. I'll try to update with photos as it happens.