Just playing around… I decided to try a Mariner’s Compass in Halloween Colors.

This one actually came out pretty cool- not so spooky afterall!

Floorcloth Size

5′ X 8′ $1,200.00 4′ X 6′ $625.00

I promised I would keep you updated on the progress of this project, so here goes. This part of the process is somewhat less than exciting. I have logged in 48 hours so far and I still have at least another 10 hours of work to do before I can even think about laying out the design. I am working on 3 pieces of canvas which add up to more than 650 square feet. Working on 3 pieces allows me to move each roll around and do each step individually. The largest piece is 42 feet long. Read the rest of this entry »

I just received official notification that I have been chosen to create 4 floorcloths for the Rosedown Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana.

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Things are coming along with the Natchez floorcloths. Over 30 yards of canvas have been shrunk, primed on the back, primed on the front, sanded and re-primed on the front. This week I’ll be sanding for the second time and painting the two base coats of the Georgian Brick color. Then I have to layout the geometric design (which came from a remnant of canvas found in the Melrose Plantation and is assumed to be from the rooms where these floorcloths will be installed). At first glance I thought the layout would be quite complex, but then I studied it a little more closely and was happy to discover a tricky little bit of geometry going on! Read the rest of this entry »

Canvasworks opened its doors on Saturday and leaf-peepers and curious studio-seekers came and toured the house, the gallery and the three studio work spaces. You can take a miniature Virtual Tour by clicking here. Read the rest of this entry »

Theresa and I have started on the Melrose Plantation floorcloths. The first piece of canvas has been soaked and now it’s drying and doing all of its shrinking. We cut 42 feet of 7-foot wide canvas, which I calculate will shrink two and a half feet before we prime it. The final floorcloth will be for a hallway which is 38 feet long and almost 7 feet wide in places.The Prep Shop is 43′ long, so we’re just squeaking in there! Theresa scrubbed hot water onto one side of the canvas, then rolled it up, flipped it over and soaked the other side. She’s getting ready for weight-lifting championships. The wet, rolled up 42 feet of canvas was about 75 pounds (and very awkward…)!

Here it is all laid out to dry:

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