triquetra

While at seminary I designed a model based on the two-dimensional illustration of the trinity known as the triquetra. This sculptural form of the triquetra is a more accurate model of the trinity because it is constructed in three dimensions. Each of the three equal arcs of the sculpture taper off to stand on a circular base at precisely three points in homage to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The sculpture, as proposed, would become a centerpiece of the Chafer Chapel Plaza just as the Godhead is the centerpiece of all Christian thought.

faces

buildings

austin

What I saw when I was in Austin.

natchitoches

In college I was part of a collaborative to document the entire historic district of the city of Natchitoches in Louisiana. In short it was an attempt to preserve and restore the architecture that still remained near the end of the century. Six illustrations that I did for the project were published in a pamphlet that was distributed at tourist information areas throughout the state of Louisiana. Later, these phamphlets of the North Louisiana River Parishes were bound and published in a full volume hard cover book.

biker chair

When I was in college I took a furniture design class. The objective was to make a small piece of furniture where the cost did not exceed a hundred bucks. The chair that I made consisted of salvaged steel and various other parts that I was able to pull from the local junk yard. The idea for the chair was to provide a seat where a biker would feel comfortable while reclining in front of the television. It should, then, feel very similar to sitting on his motorcycle. In essence, his passion for being on his bike would now extend into the home. The fuel tank would hold 2.5 gallons of the biker's favorite beverage and would be syphoned directly to the biker's mouth. The biker chair won an honorable mention in the 1999 Louisiana YAYA Chair Competition and was featured for an entire summer at the New Orleans African American Museum of Art. After that it sat in my garage until the rust and shedding of the seat cover became so great that I decided to toss it. I also had limited living quarters at the time and had to make sacrifices.

eureka springs

Last spring I got to travel to Eureka Springs, Arkansas, to attend a friend’s wedding. The ceremony was in the Thorncrown Worship Center which sits next to the famous Thorncrown Chapel designed by internationally renowned architect Euine Fay Jones. The Thorncrown chapel received a national AIA Honor Award in 1981 and is fourth on the AIA's Top 10 list of twentieth century structures.

View of the chapel entry.

Exterior detail of the chapel.

Interior view of the chapel.

Interior view of the worship center.

Interior detail of the worship center structure.

chicago

This summer I got to travel to Chicago with a few friends. I was impressed with the architecture and took several photographs.
The John Hancock Building from street level.








A view of the North Side and Lake Michigan from the John Hancock Building.






Historic Michigan Street residence with a view of the lake.






Architect Frank Gehry's Millennium Park stainless steel sculpture.






Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic Robie House was probably the first ever residence to be designed with a steel beam to achieve a cantilevered effect.