obelisk: February 2010

Thursday, February 11, 2010

A Preview of Things to Come....(and a couple 1st's)

Here is a photo(an apertif via cel phone, if you will) of the set for The Complete Works, happening at Northampton's Academy of Music this weekend. New City Scenic designed and built a rake for this very traditional, historic space and it's getting a lot of people excited about seeing this show. It is the 1st rake in this house that we know of!- or, perhaps, just in our lifetimes??? Nonetheless, the rake definitely works well in this space.
{This past December, New City also replaced the long defunct stage trap- created for Houdini!- with a new working trap.}

Go see it!:

The Complete Works
of William Shakespeare
(Abridged)
by Adam Long, Daniel Singer & Jess Winfield
Directed by Tom McCabe

Featuring:
Phil Kilbourne, Sam Rush, and Brian Smith

Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 2 p.m.
The Academy of Music in Northampton

Custom Design

Welcome to obelisk's blog.
obelisk is an innovative, family-owned, design group offering fine concrete decor and more. Winding your way down a peninsula along the Kennebec River, you may just stumble across a modest grey farmhouse and accompanying shaker barn. This 1850’s pairing makes the home and workshop of Master Concrete Artisan Thomas Stuart.

Similarly, make your way over Mt. Tom in Western, Massachusetts, and find, nestled at its foot, a century old, humble bakery. This is now home and studio to Designer and Concrete Artisan, Andrew Stuart.

Together these two brothers make up Obelisk: fine concrete décor. “Our homes are monuments to ourselves and say a great deal about our values and priorities.” Hence, the name of this minute collaborative: obelisk. “Drama.” “Artistry.” “Craftsmanship.” These are all expressions conjured up by the creations of this duo. Obelisk transcends ordinary notions of concrete to create works of art that celebrate the home and feed the soul. Evoking an Old World beauty coupled with the sophistication of contemporary design, Obelisk’s designs are in both part simple and complex.

Each piece is handled individually from creating the forms, mixing the batch, to the fine finishing touches of a gentle sanding, polishing and buffing. Thomas and Andrew carefully consider each object as if it were to grace their own surroundings. To this end, the urban and the rural, the lakefront home to the industrial loft, are spaces that become a bit more distinguished with a piece of Obelisk fine concrete.

W e are inspired by anything steeped with history, age or patina; objects and design that evoke an 'essence,' The Machine Age, old New England Mills, vintage industrial, nature, old French guesthouses, the Maine coast, The Pacific Northwest, modern design and simple functional art.
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