Owl Cabinet

The main source of the wood is resawn

mahogany taken from the casings and

other trim from a Hyde Park apartment.

I carved an owl on both sides.  The dark 

lacquered top (veneered MDF) is from

a cheap Chinese piece of crap which 

repeatedly fell apart and the drawer is from

a set of three salvaged by my friend Zena.

Thanks, Zena! Thanks, Rick! 

Crown Returns

A number of the crowns over my ancient doorways were
missing the returns. So sometime ago I bought a special
router bit which closely matched part of the profile. So with
some judicious routing and sawing of salvaged mahogany I had
suitable pieces to use. I added some square bead and also
literal beads...Mardi Gras beads which I shellaced and painted
to imitate the original wooden pearl bead. 10 feet up the new
returns are indistinguishable from the original crowns.

The Birth of Cool #3

At the end of the 4th session all
of the lettering, large and small,
has been cleaned up and given
several coats. Jesse and I snapped
chalklines for a grid and then I painted
in the background.

The Birth of Cool #2

By the end of the next session, most
of the yellow has been rolled over twice
with the dark brown and the lettering
more sharply edged.

The Birth of Cool #1

Primed section on a viaduct in Oak Park
(North Blvd between Harlem and Marion)
has been painted yellow and lettering
masked out edges traced.

The Mother Goose Rocking Horse

The Mother Goose Rocking Horse

Georgie Porgie

Geese and Georgie

geese

Wandering Gander

Froggie Went A-Courting

Horse "shoulder"

Hi Diddle Diddle #3

Hi Diddle Diddle #2

Hi Diddle Diddle #1

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

Old King Cole

London Bridge

Baa Baa Black Sheep #3

And the third blurry photo of this
group...the shorn black sheep was
even worse and I deleted the photo.

Baa Baa Black Sheep #2

Sorry, another blurry photo....

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Sorry about the blurry photo!

Little Boy Blue #3

Little Boy Blue #2

Little Boy Blue #1

Four and Twenty Blackbirds

Ride A Cock Horse

Rock-a-bye Baby

elf workers

elf wrappers #2

toy train

snow peoples

elf scrapers

saddle #2

lost penguins #2

elf painters

horse head middle

horse head right

horse head left

elf harpist #2

elf hammerers #2

elf wood carvers #2

elf wrappers

elf scrapers

elf painters

elf harpist

elf hammerers

elf doll maker

elf wood carvers

lost penguins