It has been two years since my previous end of year post, "A New Beginning".  The resolution then was: Share, Teach, Diffuse trad...

PASTICHE From the Latin 'pasticium', something made of paste such as pasta, pastry, pâté etc. In modern architecture it is a...

Out of love and concern for the truth, and with the object of eliciting it,  the following theses will be put forth for public discussion:...

CROCKET, CROPSE The regularly spaced buds or bunched foliage along the arrises of a Gothic pinnacle or gable. The blossoming crown t...

Out of love and concern for the truth, and with the object of eliciting it,  the following theses will be put forth for public discuss...

“ God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December ” ― J.M. Barrie Boston City Hall Perhaps the greatest lament I have ab...

AEGICRANIUM A sculpted ornamental skull or more often head of a ram often utilized with the Corinthian and Composite orders. This exquisi...

Courtesy of Gary Callahan Sacred Geometry, what an irksome name. Certainly, many atheists will find the descriptor 'sacred' tro...

William Morris, In Memorium What then of hope? My hope for craft is but a personal manifestation of a greater hope for humanity. Craf...