Some years back, I made a pair of hooks out of railroad spikes to hold a BSA-themed presentation rifle for a retiring Scoutmaster. These were mounted on a burl-veneered board provided by one of the piano technicians at the Conservatory of Music.

(NB: Each of the gold stars represents a boy whom Mr. Messer had helped reach Eagle Scout rank.)

I know we've seen this pic before but it's still an exquisitely beautiful rifle rack. Nice job on the BSA version of the fleur dis li John.

Frosty The Lucky.

I haven't been anywhere for two and a half months, I've been working at half strength in the workshop. It's time for installation.

Billy, the stairs in my house are from beach (the lower part). House from 1948. 

The stairs between 1 floor and 2nd floor used to be pine and is worn out. And it is less used. Those i replaced. But the ones from ground floor to 1st, i sand and oil, you don't even feel that they have worn, the paint is gone however.

Beach is low in rot resistance, maybe that is why they aren't used there. People are scared to use it, because they think it is a weak wood?

Also house from 1890, if the doorknobs are art deco, they are not original, styling came up after the great war, but more common place from the 20 and 30 and i believe in the us till the 50's (in europe it stopped around woII)

If the house was in western europe, the styling would be art nouveau, but no idea if that styling was very big in the us. The uk was also only around glascow, it never really cought on everywhere else.

Gawoon, i would not know art deco from art nouveau, i thought art deco went back a little further than that. They are a basket weave looking pattern that looking at you can tell was hand chased or at least partially.  That is not to say that they were not changed at some period in time though. I will try and remember to get a pic tomorrow when i have more light in the house. My wife likes to use dim bulbs, i think she enjoys watching me try and stumble around in the dark.  

Have a pic?

To be honest, who cares what they are. If they are prety, it is worth saving 

On 11/17/2024 at 2:03 PM, JHCC said:

It don’t have to be pretty to work!

It does need to be nicer !

Ended up using old one for bellows weight 

On 11/17/2024 at 2:03 PM, JHCC said:

It don’t have to be pretty to work!

It does need to be nicer !

Ended up using old one for bellows weight 

On 11/17/2024 at 2:03 PM, JHCC said:

It don’t have to be pretty to work!

It does need to be nicer !

Ended up using old one for bellows weight 

7 hours ago, gewoon ik said:

Have a pic?

This is one i made a new handle with as the knobs are missing. 

"Art Deco" tends to be more geometric, while "Art Nouveau" tends to emphasize sweeping curves and natural forms. In the case of this hardware, though, it seems to me that "Arts and Crafts" probably applies better than either of the other two.

I made this one guillotine today 

I agree with john.

And somehow I picture those goldcolored.

Nat, picture?

Need to get a picture but successfully set another forge weld in the propane forge.  This time a ring for a trivet. I'll get pictures tomorrow

Not quite sure what you mean by arts and crafts? 

They are i think bronze, i did darken them a bit when i stripped the many years of paint off. I like the aged bronze look. When we moved in i replaced all the faucets and stuff in the bathroom with it. Our kitchen though is completely different than the rest of the house. It is the 1950's chrome with red highlights. 

Billy, for Arts and Crafts, a lot of Frank Loyd Wright’s work and Stickley Furniture fall into that category. The movement focused on a more hand crafted design with mainly straight lines moving away from the busy Victorian style…

Keep it fun,

David

6 hours ago, BillyBones said:

Not quite sure what you mean by arts and crafts? 

Here's a good article for a quick intro: The Arts and Crafts Movement in America

20 hours ago, gewoon ik said:

I agree with john.

And somehow I picture those goldcolored.

Nat, picture?

There it is o shaped guillotine 

Still no photo visible.

Thanks for the info and the link.

We have a Frank Lloyd  Wright house near here that is built over a stream and small waterfall. It is in Yellow Springs that has the golf ball house as well. The house is a faceted sphere that resembles a golf ball. 

8 hours ago, Goods said:

Billy, for Arts and Crafts, a lot of Frank Loyd Wright’s work and Stickley Furniture fall into that category. The movement focused on a more hand crafted design with mainly straight lines moving away from the busy Victorian style…

Keep it fun,

David

While we had the art nouveau with fluid motions and shapes (whipline, zweepslag in dutch) inspired by japan and nature.

A free style, not very conform in "rules".

3 hours ago, natkova said:

There it is o shaped guillotine 

Sorry man, but the picture does not want to cooperate

Could the golf ball house be a variation of the geodesic dome as conceived by Buckminster Fuller?  There was a large one built for the 1965 worlds fair in NYC.  He had calculated that a dome could be built light and large enough that it would float in the sky like a hot air balloon just from solar energy.  He also conceived water born pyramids the size of small cities among other interesting things.

We have a FLW house here in Oberlin which is really quite lovely. It was one of his "Usonian" houses and intended to be an affordable design for a middle-class family (rather than for one of his wealthier clients). I've met one of the original inhabitants, who was a little girl when the house was built. She had written to Wright to let him know what she wanted in her bedroom ("small and compact like me, with a built-in dresser") and found him utterly charming when the family went to visit him to discuss blueprints -- he met them in the driveway at his studio, ignored her parents, walked around the car to open her door, and said, "Thank you for coming to visit me so that we can discuss your bedroom."

18 hours ago, gewoon ik said:

art nouveau with fluid motions and shapes

There's a lot of overlap between European Art Nouveau and American Arts & Crafts, despite the latter's greater emphasis on geometric forms.

I believe you, same with art deco.

We all think that we are all living on islands, but there is more communication on arts than we sometimes see (want to see).

 

Gazz, i have no idea. For all i know it could be the one from the worlds fair. I doubt it though. The house is a sphere sitting on a round base. So it resembles a gold ball sitting on a tee. I think of it like an A-frame. Looks cool and all but then you realize how much wasted space there is. 

The FLW house near here sold pretty cheap the last time it sold. From what i gathered there was a lot of repair work that was needed. Straddling a stream and water fall moisture has wreaked havoc on it over the years. 

Frank Loyd Wright was a marvelous architect but he was not that great of a practical engineer.  Many of his designed buildings have had problems with water getting in.  To say a FLW building is leaky is kind of redundant because so many of them are.  He loved his flat roofs but seldom considered how to drain water off them.

There was a beautiful FLW designed office building in Buffalo, NY which had to be torn down because there was so much water damage that repairs were economically unfeasible.

Also, I suspect that much of the FLW designed furniture was  not that great to sit on or otherwise use.  It looked great in his houses but wasn't so great for day to day use.

That said, I have always be intrigued by his design for a mile high building in Chicago which would have looked like a sword blade coming out of the ground.

I can vouch for the discomfort of the furniture. Back when I was a custom woodworker with my dad, we made a FLW-inspired dining set based on the furniture for the Robie House, shown here:

The flat backs at 90 degrees from the seats make a marvelous space-within-a-space, but are utter torture to sit in. We ended up redesigning them with a subtle curve that was much more appropriate for human beings.

2 hours ago, George N. M. said:

To say a FLW building is leaky is kind of redundant because so many of them are.  He loved his flat roofs but seldom considered how to drain water off them.

There's a tale told about how FLW was being sued by one of his clients because of a leaky roof and other structural issues. When sworn in and asked to state his name and profession, he replied, "My name is Frank Lloyd Wright, and I am the world's greatest architect." When asked if that wasn't perhaps a bit too boastful, he answered, "Not at all. I'm under oath."

Not sure whether or not that's true, but it's a great story.