Monday, August 31, 2009

mortise and tenonitus



This piece of heart pine is part of a more-than-200-year-old timber from an old house in Virginia that I'm using for a larger sculpture. My dad had gotten the timbers to use in renovating and repairing his own house in Drewryville. Notice the roman numerals on the side, used by the carpenters to identify the timber for placement in the original house.

2 comments:

Chris Bonney said...

Seems a shame to break up something that has that much sign of handwork about it. But what would you do with it but mount it as you have in this picture?

mikey said...

maximus meridius
and
marcus aurelius