Posted in conceptual drawing, hardscape design, pergola, tagged fire pit, seat wall on December 19, 2007 | 5 Comments »
The Original Rendering:
A few weeks back I posted about this drawing for a pergola design. The idea was to anchor a fire-pit seating area.
This drawing was to give the client an idea on how an anchor structure would look/hold down/define the back side of the area.
[ A simple rendering for fire pit. ]
This rendering was [...]
Posted in equipment, hardscapes, tagged cast iron pots on December 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I just want to clarify the size of those 3 pots that I had written about in the previous 2 posts.
Two Previous Post
The 1st post dealt with my finding these pots and a list of ideas on how they might even be used. The 2nd post was a synopsis of the 1st and the added [...]
Posted in design principles, nature, plant material, tagged field art, robots on December 11, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A while back I posted a few pictures of farmers in Japan who created art in rice fields. Pretty low-tech stuff, but very beautiful. Now I come across this unusual form of land art.
Completely different in style and really different in how the art is made-really completely different.
The group work is called the Landprint Project [...]
Posted in stone on December 9, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A double set of Briar Hill sandstone walls, before the planting(s) occurred.
[Briar Hill: 7 and 3/4 inch ht. plus 1 and 3/4 ht sections. ]
This wall stone usually ships out at those heights and the length is 34 to 36 inches. I do all the “rock-facing” to create those edges and that awesome [...]
Posted in nature, tagged Monty Python, lumberjack, video on December 5, 2007 | No Comments »
I started this blog to write about the profession of Landscape Design, and a few other things(see elevator speech). Well this is another one of those other things.
Part of Landscape Design is Landscaping, and part of Landscaping is dealing with trees . .. still with me?
Trees where do they grow?
Why it’s in the forest [...]
Posted in stone, tagged Bethlehem Steel, iron oe ships, merchant marine, Oglebay-Norton on December 2, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A little different thought and image for my appreciation this week. There is stone involved, trust me-you just can’t see it.
This is an image of a iron ore ship called Buckeye, and it’s owned by the Oglebay-Norton company. Back in the day(my day) this ship was called the Sparrows Point and was owned by the [...]
My hope is to use this site to spread some info about the art and practice of Landscape Design. It is a very misunderstood profession; I do not cut grass like the next door neighbor's cousin who carries 3 mowers and a blower in the back of his truck.
I will also pass along comments on industry happenings, events, etc., and any maybe a few other adventures going on in my world-after all this is "my" blog. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look. Questions? Drop me an e-mail.
rick (at) whisperingcraneinstitute (dot) com
