Potash-McCabe House: Hand-painted Farm-house Kitchen – Photographs of mock-up

01/06/1987

Mock-up

Three photographs of gouache-painted paper mock-ups prepared for testing colors until they reached their right balance and harmony, before the kitchen was painted.

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Construction Innovation 1 Items

Potash-McCabe House: Hand-painted farm-house kitchen 1987

Work of Art for Project, Hand-painted Interior

Hand-painted walls and built-in furniture in pale sea green, light transparent yellow, pale blackish red, very pale blue, and light yellowish green. Varnished gouache applied on wood surfaces prepared with gesso.

References

Scientific Research 1 Items

Color and Inner Light: The Eleven Color Properties

Christopher Alexander postulated that centers and the field of centers they create are the building blocks from which wholeness is made. However, he further argued that geometry alone is not sufficient, and that color is the way wholeness comes to ...

Projects 1 Items

House for Daniel Potash and Maureen McCabe 1986 to 1988

1341 Butterfield Road, San Anselmo, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in 1988

Complete reconstruction of existing house, with emphasis on the house kitchen. Hand painted interiors, hand-plaster work, furniture, and garden terraces; benches, seats, table, fireplace and floor of kitchen --all built and painted by C.E.S. Total construction 2,500 square feet.