Things are looking up

pergola

foyer

foyer

stair hall

portico

family room

vestibule

Enough rough

No need to always install stone in it's rough form.  On this project, we designed a polished translucent gemstone slab to be backlit while sitting in a brushed stainless steel frame.  It's in front of a frosted glass partition in the foyer as artwork in it's own right.

The art stone faces a frosted glass staircase with a frosted glass bridge above.  Here you are looking back toward the front door.

More Rockitecture

We've been asked how else we've used rocks functionally and artistically in an exterior setting.  Take a look at this small outdoor barbecue area.  Outdoor BBQ's are certainly not unusual but they don't need to be boring refined outdoor kitchens either.  They can be simple, fun and add character to your backyard.  We designed this BBQ on top of an existing stone wall.  The iron door provides access to storage, an electrical outlet and the gas shut-off valve. We have rock seats cantilevered balancing either side, two rock hot plate levels and a metal shepherd's hook rising between the boulders for a hanging lantern.  The boulder leg is arched back providing a toe kick space.

The back side is lower than the terrace and is designed to be playful with boulders facing towards the existing kid's sandbox.

Rockitect

One of our current projects produced a tremendous amount of bedrock.  This is an outdoor sculpture that can double as a table (although not meant to look like one) in one of the five courtyards. The two legs are 2 feet tall standing upright with an additional 4 feet buried below the surface.  This courtyard has several boulders that double as seats and a cantilevered boulder for a balcony at the edge of the terrace. 

New website launch

This week we launched our new website.  We hope you all enjoy it.  We have to thank Amy Short of http://www.amyshortart.com/ for her patience and her remarkable ability to design an elegant and clean website made to enhance nothing but my projects and...

Melani Lust of http://www.melanilustphotography.com/ for the absolutely beautiful and creative photographs such as the one found on our "profile" page and this one.  Their professionalism and attention to detail makes us want to strive for a higher perfection in our own work.  Very inspirational.

We have some very exciting things planned for the site with regular updates and educational postings. We can't wait for you to see what is planned for the SEEK site and services.