Wednesday, August 31, 2011

**Shade Tree Saturday**08272011**

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.....Shade Tree Tavern Aug 27 2011.... 
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

**Lynn Ford beaten lead planters**

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Lynn Ford lead beaten planters rebuilt - July 2011
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....below - one of the finished planters ....
......debating to leave the 50 year patina
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...next are some detail images of the rebuild....
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....next two images....
......the four ravaged planters have been waiting behind my studio....

.............I salvaged these 15-20 years ago from a dumpsite....
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...lead is soft but tough...
...rotten core is the cause of this condition... 
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....here finally the dis-assembly begins....
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....next the Ford lead moves indoors....
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....after straightening and repairing a few tears....
....cavities are backed up with plaster....
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....nuts as shown above are rough....
....below is before and after detail....
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**fireplace restoration**etc**

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.....first 4 images are an 8 inch revolving cube.....  
.....produced in August 2011.....  
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.....below are some images from the fireplace restoration..... 
.....Chapman Center at Trinity University.....

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.....Originally, Lynn Ford produced the fireplace....1965......... 
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..the years and the elements took a heavy toll on the original beaten lead
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..In july 2010, Trinity University commissioned me to restore.
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..completed and installed early jan 2011. first image below.

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..images below are detail shots of the hammered lead panels.
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..yessir, lead is my favorite precious metal.
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..the two images directly above and below are about 30 square inches.
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..fireplace front, 25 different patterns, is approx 6400 square inches.
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Thursday, August 18, 2011

**Javelina Saturday**08132011**

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.....Javelina HD Aug 08 2011.... 
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the band is Vision 
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