**twenty one years ago**oct 1990**

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.....Isaac Maxwell drew the prints.... 
..................Terrell Road San Antonio Texas....
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......this was a residence for Kit Goldsbury and Linda Pace..
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.....21 years ago, this was one of the last jobs for myself AND my dad.... 
.....RIP - Tom Battersby - March 27 1928 - April 8 1992....

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..1st four images - the "Living Room"..
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....CLICK any picture for a larger view....

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....................above - looking out from the Kitchen....

.......below - 35 feet from the floor to the cap of this clerestory....

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.............some folks can actually stand inside this firebox....

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.......above - the Library is back there on the right....

.......below - fireplace in the Library....

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.......below - fireplace in the Dining Room.... 

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.......if I remember correctly, we did a total of five fireplaces.... 

.......below - this is a stone fireplace in the Master Bedroom....

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.......above - one of the pair of Maxwell beaten copper clad doors....

.......the doors are each 8 foot high 4 foot wide by 5 inches thick....

.......below - some other shots of our 12 foot wide shell...

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....CLICK any picture for a larger view....

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......above is looking into the kitchen........

............below - Vent-a-Hood with clerestory......

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........if I remember - Isaac had us put 12 niches above the cabinetwork........

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.......below - detail of the beaten copper kitchen doors.........

..........above - a beaten copper backsplash behind the cooktop.......

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....below - powder room is too small to get a good shot.......

..........triangular fluted shell capped niche with two niches in the niche......

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.....entry doors - 200 + years old - 8' high - imported from Europe.....

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.......below - down to the Wine Cellar with the next four shots......

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......Maxwell knickknacks on a beaten lead desk.......

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........above - Maxwell copper fixture hangs in the (her) Master Bath.......

........below - detail from oil painting hanging in the (his) Master Bath....... 

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 ........below - detail from behind the house.......

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..I have three blogs..
..the others are..
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.. http://moremud.blogspot.com/ ..
..people places and things..
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.. hannibalpianta.blogspot.. 

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..this blog is battlead.blogspot.. 
..things I make..

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**twelve years ago**oct 2002**the crown**

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.....Majestic Theatre 2001-03.... 
..................Downtown San Antonio Texas....

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......In 2001 I was commissioned to recreate the Sweet Grapes Surround..
.....10 feet wide 16 feet high and two years to produce and install.... 
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...............................here's Part Two....

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..1st image - crown installed and primed ready for final decoration..
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....CLICK any picture for a larger view....

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...........below - production of the crown etc....

............................twelve years ago dec. 2002....

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..above - profile blade..

..below - profile blade with baffle..
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..above - plaster soaking in slaked lime ring..
..below - initial profile (baffled)..
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..above - this stage now finished..
..below - swinger, table, etc..
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..above..
.more crown model.
.bending board, hobby shop pyramids, etc.
..below..
.silicone mold for this stage of the model. 
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.....................spikes..............

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.....................darts with nuts..............

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..above - dart will be pinned to the model here..
..below - wax model of dart..
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..above - nuts added, then a silicone mold..
..below - then four components are cast..
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..above - preparation for silicone mold..
..below - this type of mold is a clayover cavity pour.
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..above - clay over the model..
..below - clay is removed after the case is produced..
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..below - then silicone is poured into the cavity..
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.....next 2 images - me fooling around with paint....

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...........next 2 images - components mocked up in my studio....

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...........below are images of the final decoration....

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here below are a couple pix from december 2002.

the late great Charles Winans visiting

with myself in my studio,

and with the lovely Cindy,

and, the photograph that I worked from.

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..I have three blogs..
..the others are..
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.. http://moremud.blogspot.com/ ..
..people places and things..
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..and..
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.. hannibalpianta.blogspot.. 

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..this blog is battlead.blogspot.. 
..things I make..

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