The Upham House: Interior plasterwork for the living room ceiling – Photographs of mock-up

Plaster patterned strips with geometric miniature basketweave design in low relief, cast from a mold made in balsa wood, installed in the living room in two locations: Vertical patterned strips on the walls, above waist height, about 4 or 5 ...

Ornament arises as part of the design process, when a person is making and seeks to embellish this "something" while making it. It arises as a result of the latent centers in the uncompleted thing requiring still more centers, requiring ...

Two-story family house, with 2,400 square feet floor area, designed with the participation of the clients. The construction of a massive 15 high foot high retaining wall and sewer reconstruction caused by unusual hill condition added $96,000 to the house ...

Two views of the ceiling mock-up in paper, installed in the actual room, for testing the geometric pattern and its dimensions.

Photograph of Randy Schmidt testing the ornament, while holding it diagonally, imagining the intersection of strips.