Exterior Glyphs
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The Glyphs
Using a Collection
There are twenty symbols on the window and door frames, and on the eaves. The spiral by the front door is, of course, a universal symbol. The human figure on the right side was drawn by my son when he was quite young. The rest of the symbols are my own creations.
On the following photo, from the left, are an elk, a coyote, a welcoming human and a running playful human.
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The Array
All Twenty Symbols
I have been drawing these symbols for 40 years. I draw them during meetings, and when relaxing with a notebook. I use them in my sculptures. And it was with great delight that I applied them to this building. Some are representative. Many are non-objective.
They are orignally drawn in pencil or pen. Eventually I have redrawn them on my computer, in a Post Script drawing program. This allows me to edit them for form, stroke width, and stroke ending. I color the glyphs pale gray, so that it is easy to see the pencil line when I trace them onto the wood.
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Tracing the Glyphs
I output full-size prints of the glyphs. I taped the prints onto the Duraply. To transfer the lines of the glyphs, I used carbon paper. I still have a box of carbon paper that I purchased many years ago. I moved the carbon paper around as I traced the edges of the glyph.
The glyphs are made of MDO Duraply, a sign-industry plywood with a wood-pulp coating on both sides. The coating is very even paper-like surface, ideal for drawing.
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Cutting the Glyphs
I cut out the glyphs with a scroll saw. They were sanded and then attached to the window trim with epoxy glue. I primed and painted the trim. All this was done in my studio in the city.
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Dancer
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Abstract
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Bird
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Fisherman and Head
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Beaver, 2 Humans, 2 Abstract
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