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Designing Without A Ruler –“By Hand & Eye” Explores Designing With Dividers.
There are a lot of design books published every year and occasionally a few get written that are actually worth buying. By Hand & Eye is one of those. It’s a book that delivers where a lot of...
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‘Hand-Hewn’ vs. Machine Made: Comparing Historic Tool Finishes To Modern...
Creating period wood finishes for film and television scenery always involves a certain amount of subjective and creative interpretation. Usually the wood surfaces are finished to a level having more...
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Atmospheric Theaters – When The Theater Was Part Of The Show
In the United States the period of the ornate Movie Palaces lasted from around 1915 to the 1940’s. In that short period thousands of ornate theaters were built all over the country. Of the several...
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Chamber’s 1728 Cyclopaedia
“Cyclopaedia, or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Containing the Definitions of the Terms, and Accounts of the Things Signify’d Thereby, in the Several Arts, both Liberal and Mechanical,...
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Historical Moulding Catalogues For Download
Chris Schwarz over at Lost Art Press posted a blog entry yesterday with links to three moulding catalogues you can download. The catalogues range from a 1938 catalogue using the old Universal system...
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10 Design Reference Books You Should Have On Your Shelf
I think I’ve already made it clear that you just can’t have too many books, especially ones on design and architecture. But it’s also a real pain dragging a lot of them around with you from job to...
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The Measuring Tool At The End Of Your Arm
I like photographing architectural details. But they’re only really useful if I have a scale in the photo. Measurements written down in a journal somewhere are bound to get separated or lost and the...
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The Digital Bookshelf – Furniture Mouldings
“There is a tendency among those accustomed to the large-scale of moulding detail on exterior work in wood or stone to make their mouldings on furniture and interior woodwork too large. The full-size...
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Traditional Skills For A Digital Age
On April 8 and 9, I’ll be teaching two new classes at the Art Director’s Guild in Los Angeles. The classes are free to ADG members. April 8 – Back Projection and Scaling From Photographs Prerequisite:...
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The Digital Bookshelf –“Plastering Plain And Decorative”
My preference for books is always a hard copy, but sometimes having easy access to the information is more important than having a physical book, especially when copies of the actual book are...
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