Today the East studio has begun to be painted, in preparation for incoming studio occupants in the fall. We are painting out the intense sky blue and toning it neutral with an off-white as suggested by our color expert Meg Graham. This lets the greens outside the window be the dominant color, with the sound …
Category Archives: Emerging
Slowing destruction
There are slow forms of destruction that have approached this building: trees too close to the foundation that would in time displace the stone with their roots. And so they must go for now. My friend Robert Wurzburg stopped by with his chainsaw to give a hand. It’s a reminder that work like this is …
Clearing out the meditation room
Another room is now empty and swept. It looks out on the river. The plan is to make it a meditation room and handicap accessible bedroom when needed. Beautiful view out the window. Look at that old wallpaper. The plan is to document all the old 19th century wallpaper in the building with a swatch …
Sweeping
The building we’re working on to house the 32M Center for Creative Work has been on the banks of the Ashuelot River for a long time. Andrew, an architectural history expert who came to see it during the first weeks I was here, suggested it’s been here since the 1850s. Or at least parts of …