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Please be fore warned: A number of these photographs were made nearly 40 years ago.
Please accept our apology for their condition and clarity.
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FAUX PAINTING and GRAINING It seems this art concept has no beginning or end. Faux painting and graining has been around since man devised a paint brush. During the Italian Renaissance the old masters took this innovation to its zenith. Michelangelo in particular, used this technique when executing the Sistine Chapel. There after faux painting and graining has been applied to nearly all thinkable surfaces including glass, metals, walls and yes, it can even be seen bonded in the Formica surface on most kitchen counter top. This is a small sample selection of faux painting and graining created at our studio |
FAUX PAINTING and GRAINING
HAND PAINTED and DECORATED FURNITURE Hand decorated furniture was another advent during the Italian Renaissance. With the discovery of new art techniques and paint chemistry the artist took the next logical step and began to transform a common piece of furniture into unique individual work of art. I have carried on this same tradition to the point where I am able to take a piece of furniture and transform it as if centuries old or, vice versa; or give it a hand paint treatment to make any simple piece of furniture into the focal point of the room. Below are samples of but a fraction of the many furniture items that have been hand decorated at the studio. |
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| 1-cabinetry | 2-design_scketch | 3-finished | 4 finished | 1-dresser | 2-dresser |
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| 3-dresser | desk | 1-desk | 2-desk | 1-florentine dresser in maggiolino style | 2-florentine bench in maggiolino style |
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| florentine side table in maggiolino style | -florentine dressing table in maggiolino style | 1-florentine table in maggiolino style | 2-florentine table in maggiolino style | 3-florentine table in maggiolino style | 1-decorated cabinet-house |
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| 2-decorated cabinet-house | 3-decorated cabinet-house | 4-decorated cabinet-house | decorated chair with gold leaf | fantasy finish | sideboard fish detail |
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| mirror frame | round side table |
FABRIC MATCH DESGNS
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| 1 - fabric match | 2 - fabric match | 3 - fabric match | 4 - fabric match | 5 - fabric match |
WROUGHT IRON SAMPLES This wrought iron table base was designed at our studio and faux finished with added texture to resemble a hammered / scaly effect. |
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