ART STUDIO - DAY TEN

FRAMED THE REMAINING WALLS.

DAY ELEVEN - STARTED SHEATHING THE WALLS WITH PLYWOOD.

INTERIOR VIEW:

DAY TWELVE - THE WALLS ARE DONE. THE ROOF IS NEXT.

ART STUDIO - DAY EIGHT

PREPARED FOR THE COMING RAINSTORMS BY SETTING UP 'CAMP'. COVERED THE LUMBER AND PLYWOOD, AND SHELTERED THE CUTTING STATION, SO I COULD WORK IN THE RAIN.

DAY NINE - FRAMED A FEW MORE WALLS. THE TALL TREES SURROUNDING THE SITE BLOCKED SOME OF THE RAIN.

THE SMALL TOOLSHED WILL BE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STUDIO, WITH ITS OWN ACCESS DOORS.

ART STUDIO - DAY SEVEN

REPLACED MY HAMMER HANDLE...

...AND USED IT TO FRAME THE FIRST TWO WALLS.

ART STUDIO - DAY SIX

THIS IS WHY THEY CALL IT A 'LUMBER DROP.'

FILLED THE FLOOR BAYS WITH ROXUL INSULATION, WHICH IS MADE OF ROCK WOOL AND RECYCLED CONCRETE. 

NAILED AND GLUED DOWN THE PLYWOOD. THE 'HORIZONTAL' CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE, AND TOMORROW WE GO 'VERTICAL.'

  

ART STUDIO - DAY FOUR

CONSTRUCTED THE FORM FOR THE EIGHT-SIDED SLAB.

POURED THE CONCRETE.

DAY FIVE - AFTER I LEFT, THE CLIENT'S YOUNG DAUGHTER PUT HER NAME IN THE WET CONCRETE. NOW IT'S CARVED IN STONE.

FRAMED THE FLOOR JOISTS AND RIM JOISTS.

ART STUDIO - DAY ONE

THIS MICRO-STRUCTURE COMBINES A FEW FUNCTIONS IN ONE BUILDING. THE MAIN AREA WILL BE AN ART STUDIO. AN ADJOINING SPACE WILL BE A HOME OFFICE, WITH BUILT-IN BOOKSHELVES AND DESK. AROUND BACK, A SEPARATE DOOR WILL LEAD TO A TOOLSHED.

DAY ONE - GRADED THE SITE AND CALLED IN A DELIVERY OF GRAVEL.

DAY TWO - DUG A TRENCH FROM THE MAIN HOUSE TO THE SITE, FOR THE ELECTRICAL SERVICE AND LANDLINE INTERNET CONNECTION.

DAY THREE - COMPACTED THE GRAVEL AND LEVELED IT OFF. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL YARD WITH TALL TREES SURROUNDING THE SITE OF THE FUTURE ART STUDIO.