This year’s class project was a sculpture of an otter, followed by a weekend of knife making. These are some images from the class. There were some really great folks who did incredibly well on really challenging projects. A week of wood chips, blood, sweat, sparks, and flames in Franklin,Indiana.
I was invited to teach for my third year in a row at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking in Franklin, Indiana. It is quite an honor as it is the best school of its kind in America and draws students of all walks of life, and from all corners of the country. Its always a great pleasure to teach here.
I have been teaching 3-D wood sculpture classes, and knife making workshops, alongside some of the finest woodworkers and craftspeople in North America here. My students have been interested in last year’s project so I thought I would post the project progression pictures here plus drawings for an alternate open winged version of the sculpture.
Portland Fire and Rescue put together this very nice video about the new Fire Station 21 on the East Bank of the Willamette in downtown Portland Oregon adjacent to the historic Hawthorne Bridge. Please take a look, it is very well done, and is a great overview of the project. The narration is from the great dedication speech by Portland Fire Chief Erin Janssens.
Friday March 6, 2015 was the open house for Portland, Oregon’s Fire Station 21 named for former Commissioner Randy Leonard. Both he and Fire Chief Erin Janssens spoke about the successful bond measure that funded the station, and Station Captain Marty Getch and his great crew that man it. She also spoke about the great team that worked so hard to build the station, which I was fortunate to be a part of.
Also in attendance was current Commissioner Dan Saltzman, the team at Whelton Architecture Aaron Whelton, David Suttle, and Mollie Buhrt who designed such an amazing facility and were instrumental in helping me with my project. Connie Johnson the project manager with the City of Portland, David Dwyer with Skanska, the contractor, Ian Eikanas with KPFF the project engineer, were there, as well as Peggy Kendellen from the Regional Arts and Culture Council who was my teammate and ally through the process. Kurt Nordquist, of Davinci’s Workshop was also in attendance, who is my good friend and fabricator extraordinaire.
The last Piece of the Fire Station 21 project is up. It is a brand new dock gate at the Madison St. Pier on the East bank of the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. It also shares the ripple treatment similar to the Rippling Wall, the facade of the station, but serves the purpose of being a fully functional security gate to protect access to the new boathouse and rescue boats used by the firefighters at Portland Fire and Rescue Station 21.
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