Fun with letters and names

One of the things I have done for a while is to make names with the letters sketched as buildings. I did some of these for my family a couple of years ago as Christmas presents. Just in case they are too abstract I put the name below each sketch.......

"P A R K E R"

"P A R K E R"

"J O H N S T O N"

"H O G A N"

"G A M M O N"

"E M B R E Y"

"E M B R E E"

"A L E X A N D E R"

Skethes from Chandler Oklahoma

Part of my graduate work has been to do an urban analysis of Chandler Oklahoma. Here are a few sketches from my last visit.

These are some WPA era steps that lead from 8th street in the neighborhood down to Tillghman park. This is the view looking up to the neighborhood. It is a real cave like feeling.


This is the old Phillips 66 station - currently under renovation.

Rt. 66 - Manvel Avenue - downtown Chandler




Feed production plant on the south end of town


Old First Presbyterian Church


Alley downtown Chandler

FUN WITH TALL BUILDINGS!

I have over 25 of these Moleskine accordion sketchbooks. When fully opened they are nine feet tall. I have done a series of tall building sketches in these. They are fun and make you wonder what a half mile high skyscraper might look like.

I photoshopped myself in here so you can get a sense of the scale....

I know it is nuts but I also built a model of one of my sketches. It only stands at six feet tall. Here is a photo of the model photo collaged into the OKC skyline.

Here is a view of some of the sketchbooks, notice the way the line work shows up on the edges, creating a quasi section diagram of whats inside.

I have been fortunate enough to have my sketchbooks displayed at the OU College of Architecture, in conjunction with a lecture series.

I was also invited to display them at the IAO Gallery in OKC

And for several months a rotation of the sketchooks graced the lobby at TAParchitecture.

More OKC sketches.....

Going back through some of my stuff......here are some more sketches of Oklahoma City architecture.




Oklahoma City University tower - NW 23rd Street



OKC National Memorial - 5th and Harvey




Stage Center - Hudson and Sheridan



Harding Middle School - 33rd and Shartel



Milk Bottle - 23rd and Classen



OKC National Memorial - Chairs - 5th and Harvey




Founders Tower - NW Expressway




Iron Star BBQ - 36th and Shartel



Chesapeake Boathouse - Oklahoma River