Thomas D. Osborn Mosaic Hardwoord Floors

libraries/museums

Footer

 
Parquet Borders Foyers Flora/Fauna Kitchens/Baths Mixed Media Etc Libraries/Museums Our Process Contact Home The DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Garden Lincoln, Massachuetts This multi-purpose area is used for free-standing sculpture exhibits, as a platform for speakers, and as a dance floor when the room is used for weddings or parties, so the floor had to be what we call furniture neutral. The Museum did not have a logo, but often used a splat design on their publications which looked like someone had taken a blob of ink and thrown in into a body of water. Playing on that theme, we inlaid the splat of ash into a field of white oak with ripples radiating from it. We coordinated installation with the carpet installers so the floor is level throughout, even where the spat flows out into the carpet. This professional basketball player wanted to exhibit his collection of basketball memorabilia as well as highligh his own accomplishments. The circular shape of the room lent itselfto a field design of the basket's double helix weave. Using his signature silhouette as a guide, we inlaid his life-size figure slam-dunking the ball. The Memorial Library and Art Collection of Second World War was founded in New York City by Auschwitz survivor Olga Lengyel as a repository for World War II memorabilia. It is now also known for its educational programs with participants from across the United States. The architect selected an abstract eilliptical design centered to the overhead soffit for the entry. Design is approximately sixteen feet by ten feet, fabricated of 3/4 inch thick quarter- sawn white oak and cabreuva. This private library in Dallas features the two hemispheres of an old world globe, each measuring seven feet in diameter. Using all full 3/4 inch thick hardwoods, we hand cut and inlaid the oceans, continents and islands in nine different woods: bloodwood, figure olive ash, primavera, English elm with burl, figured koa, claro walnut, madrone with burl, yellowheart and wenge. Featured in The Catalogue of Antiques and Fine Art and Architectural Digest, the more than 20,000 square foot space houses an impressive collection focused on American History. Commissioned by a major university to honor a donor, this portrait was done in cherry and maple, the predominiate woods used in the building he donated. To recognize the other donors to the facility, the university asked us to create a donor tree. The design of the library served as inspiration for this donor tree, mounted on glass, which graces the wall facing the portrait. Trunk and branches are figured maple and leaves are cherry. Names of donors are etched in glass and mounted between the halves of the tree.