Draftless Drafting

My challenge today was not getting sweaty in the drafting room, for the sakes of my drawing and my neighbor. I think I did all right on that front, but dang! The stagnant air in there isn't moving at all. All things considered, I made good progress. I penciled in the basics for the three Theobold House floor plans, but I see I have plenty of details still to tackle, some of which might warrant another measuring trip to Mineral Point. Fortunately, that's more of a privilege than a burden - especially considering it's a matter of hours this time rather than four full days. And I hope I'll have an opportunity to talk more to the homeowner, since he's lived in his house for over 45 years and has witnessed firsthand a good deal of MP's preservation wave.

Cleaning Up the Drawings: Better or Worse Than Field Notes?

I am torn on this question. As I did not produce neat field notes, I can't really compare them to the finished drawing that I began today. My task was to work on the front elevation of the Meadows House. It looks okay, but I will have to finish the bay window tomorrow, after I check photos to see how many panes of glass it contains. The drawing didn't frustrate me completely, but getting started was difficult, as placing the drawings on un-gridded vellum, versus the graph paper we used last week, proved challenging. Thanks for the help Bailey, and go Team Oddity!

Good to be back...

It was a great week in Mineral Point. I finally overcame my crippling fear of drafting and enjoyed my time working with Team Pendarvis. I'm looking forward to the coming weeks in learning about the buildings we so meticulously measured last week!

tuesday afternoon

this is a brief story of team tiger's tuesday, including our interview with bob reagan at st. paul's church. may i suggest listening while checking out the pictures below?

sarah's lovely photo of our church

a cabinet of various objects

alex, sarah, and bob looking over old documents

sarah, alex, and bob, all in a row, reading

Live Action!

Bailey and Jonathon measured the gable height on the Meadows House, which was no small feat considering that we didn't have the measuring pole in our possession at the time AND the wind was blowing. They had only the tape measure, steady hands, and their wits to see them through. After a few tries, they had it. This was a very superhero moment I think. The video that follows describes a little of Bailey's further heroic adventures, along with a discussion by Jonathon of the process of drawing and cleaning them up to make a neat final product. I am also complaining about my lack of floor plan love (very stressful).

pictures and words

(press play!)

i saw anna's picture of the three of us (team tiger) standing in front of the parley eaton house, and i thought: "i have audio of that!" it's not straight audio anymore (i've played with it a bit) but i think it's fun to hear the sound that goes with the image! the rogue fourth voice you hear is andrea, who was evidently wandering in and out of anna's camera range when the picture was taken.

enjoy!

...And the furniture dork photographs dovetails...

This is the walnut newell post on the first floor of the Parley Eaton House.