test for art

Couch (Again)

Speaker Base & Swivel

Adjustable Swiveling Speaker Stand

Building a speaker stand turned out to be more than just making a frame or base.  Steve Beary, my audiophile consultant, informed me that not any base would do.  For best acoustics and to minimize feedback reverberations there was a specific ratio of speaker height to room dimensions.  In addition, it was best if the speaker rested on only three contact points with the floor. 

Would three rubber tabs on the supporting board immediately under the speaker do?  Yes, that would probably work well enough....

So, in view of all this de rigeurness, I worked up a speaker stand that included adjustable bases attached to a threaded bar  that not only swivelled left and right but which could be swiveled up or down like an old piano stool.

Farm House Designs - I

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These designs were worked on in from 18-31 July, mosly around July 28th.  The first priority was the kitchen where the refrigerator was placed so as to take up and block most of the standing room.   I moved it into a corner next to the stove, purchasing a heat block.  Then I built shelving along the freed up back wall.   

Next job was stripping molding and painting the main room, with designs for a couch and table as well as designs for a possible desk or table by the front window.

Last were initial plans for the sleeping alcove aka bedroom.  There was space for a queen size or double bed/mattress but this would block the "closet" and would require crawling into bed from the foot.   In the end, only a twin was feasible.  

580901-The Future Now

Painted At the American Pavilion, 1958 Brussels World Fair

Memories of Central Park

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RECUERDO DE UN PASEO DOMINICAL EN CENTRAL PARK

This boyhood masterpiece -- a clear counterpoint to Diego Rivera's Alameda Park mural -- was painted at an art class in Colonia Anzures or Cuahutemoc when i was about four and half or five. It was about a metre wide and mother hung it in a gold frame.  

 

[Placed temporarily here until Google either upgrades it's primitive calendar or until I start a separate blog for pre-1970 stuff.]