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i vowed to myself to post this before the new year. i have berated fellow lug
members for not posting their new mocs but then i distinctly heard mr. pot
calling to mr. kettle, something about the colour black.
back in april i completed a new moc, displayed at a few shows and then didn’t
get around to lugging it outside to photograph it in the summer sun. as a
result, i photographed it on a bright, sunny day inside. not a good idea, it
turns out.
the house is very loosely based on a house whose renovation was featured on one of those “weird homes/ultimate homes” shows, of which i only saw about 5-10 minutes. the core of the project was a victorian water tower renovation, around which was built a large, round, very modern structure in lymm, england. i searched the net, found their website which was less than stellar in terms of photos of the building, so i used some artistic licence and came up with this:
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-§ deborah higdon-leblond §-
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Deborah Higdon wrote:
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i vowed to myself to post this before the new year. i have berated fellow
lug members for not posting their new mocs but then i distinctly heard mr.
pot calling to mr. kettle, something about the colour black.
back in april i completed a new moc, displayed at a few shows and then didn’t
get around to lugging it outside to photograph it in the summer sun. as a
result, i photographed it on a bright, sunny day inside. not a good idea, it
turns out.
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enjoy.
-§ deborah higdon-leblond §-
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Finally...
But where are the pictures with the cows?
Jude
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In lugnet.build.arch, Jude Beaudin wrote:
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> > <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=292331
> > enjoy>.
I did! Live and now here! It's a beautiful building. The Missus saw it at the
last show and she loved it, too!
> > -§ deborah higdon-leblond §-
> Finally...
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> But where are the pictures with the cows?
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> Jude
Yes--what this thread needs is more cow (bell)!!!
Dave K
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Deborah Higdon wrote:
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i vowed to myself to post this before the new year. i have berated fellow
lug members for not posting their new mocs but then i distinctly heard mr.
pot calling to mr. kettle, something about the colour black.
back in april i completed a new moc, displayed at a few shows and then didn’t
get around to lugging it outside to photograph it in the summer sun. as a
result, i photographed it on a bright, sunny day inside. not a good idea, it
turns out.
the house is very loosely based on a house whose renovation was featured on one of those “weird homes/ultimate homes” shows, of which i only saw about 5-10 minutes. the core of the project was a victorian water tower renovation, around which was built a large, round, very modern structure in lymm, england. i searched the net, found their website which was less than stellar in terms of photos of the building, so i used some artistic licence and came up with this:
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| | or rather the beginning of that. then i decided to search more intensely, found some websites of companies that had worked on the project who had much better pictures of the house and found out that the modern structure was not completely round at all. but i kept my structure as is, which is not exactly round, more nautilus-like in shape. the original house has a completely white interior with modern coloured furniture, so i maintained this design element. it also used different levels to define living areas, which i used to separate the kitchen from the dining area. nowhere could i find what was inside the tower itself, though it did appear to lead to the roof where i think there was a hot tub. my tower does have a spiral staircase leading to the rooftop but there is no hot tub. with all that interior space, i decided to put in an extra bathroom with a large planter over the ceiling. i never did finish furnishing either bathroom before tearing the house apart.
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| | with such a large white expanse for the main building, i needed to vary the surface, using grilled bricks and different window effects. i am happy with effect of the alternating plane and small train windows for the master bathroom. i also wanted to cut into the roundness and created the patio off the master bedroom.
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enjoy.
-§ deborah higdon-leblond §-
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I saw this the other day when I was randomly flicking through BrickShelf. I must
say, that is a magnificent building! I look forward to viewing the additional
photos of the furniture within the building. Very impressive - spotlighted! A
Happy New Year to you, and thank you for sharing.
Cheers, J.P. Manalo
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In lugnet.build.arch, Jude Beaudin wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Deborah Higdon wrote:
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i vowed to myself to post this before the new year. i have berated fellow
lug members for not posting their new mocs but then i distinctly heard mr.
pot calling to mr. kettle, something about the colour black.
back in april i completed a new moc, displayed at a few shows and then
didn’t get around to lugging it outside to photograph it in the summer sun.
as a result, i photographed it on a bright, sunny day inside. not a good
idea, it turns out.
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enjoy.
-§ deborah higdon-leblond §-
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Finally...
But where are the pictures with the cows?
Jude
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cows? there were no cows near anything as sophisticated as my mocs? i did not
allow cows to invade my “space”! although i know some who tried valiantly.
-§ deborah §-
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In lugnet.build.arch, David Koudys wrote:
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In lugnet.build.arch, Jude Beaudin wrote:
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I did! Live and now here! It’s a beautiful building. The Missus saw it at
the last show and she loved it, too!
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-§ deborah higdon-leblond §-
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Finally...
But where are the pictures with the cows?
Jude
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Yes--what this thread needs is more cow (bell)!!!
Dave K
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thank you, dave! you always have such kind words for fellow o.b.b.-ers. and i
think you’re getting mixed mocs, the cowbell was in the st. paul de vence tower!
happy new year to you and the missus,
-§ deborah §-
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In lugnet.build.arch, Jean-Pierre Manalo wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Deborah Higdon wrote:
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I saw this the other day when I was randomly flicking through BrickShelf. I
must say, that is a magnificent building! I look forward to viewing the
additional photos of the furniture within the building. Very impressive -
spotlighted! A Happy New Year to you, and thank you for sharing.
Cheers, J.P. Manalo
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thank you. i’m hoping to get to those photos soon, and not leaving it another 8
months. a new year’s resolution which i hope to keep.
-§ deborah §-
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Deborah Higdon wrote:
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i vowed to myself to post this before the new year.
back in april i completed a new moc,
enjoy.
-§ deborah higdon-leblond §-
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Excellent. As usual. Love the stair case and the chairs!
When poking along through ‘recent’ in brickshelf and coming across this moc, I
knew whose it was before looking. OK, the tower did catch me off guard for a
moment, but really, I knew you were the creator.
Very nice!
Jonathan
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In lugnet.build.arch, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Deborah Higdon wrote:
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i vowed to myself to post this before the new year.
back in april i completed a new moc,
enjoy.
-§ deborah higdon-leblond §-
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Excellent. As usual. Love the stair case and the chairs!
When poking along through ‘recent’ in brickshelf and coming across this moc,
I knew whose it was before looking. OK, the tower did catch me off guard for
a moment, but really, I knew you were the creator.
Very nice!
Jonathan
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thanks, jonathan! your comment might make me think i’m in a rut if my work is
so recognizable. course, there are some that do think i’m stuck in a rut, wink.
i’m enjoying this rut, it’s very comfortable. glad you enjoyed it. it was a
fun build.
happy new year!
-§ deborah §-
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In lugnet.build.arch, Deborah Higdon wrote:
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In lugnet.build.arch, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Deborah Higdon wrote:
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i vowed to myself to post this before the new year.
back in april i completed a new moc,
enjoy.
-§ deborah higdon-leblond §-
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Excellent. As usual. Love the stair case and the chairs!
When poking along through ‘recent’ in brickshelf and coming across this moc,
I knew whose it was before looking. OK, the tower did catch me off guard
for a moment, but really, I knew you were the creator.
Very nice!
Jonathan
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thanks, jonathan! your comment might make me think i’m in a rut if my work
is so recognizable. course, there are some that do think i’m stuck in a rut,
wink. i’m enjoying this rut, it’s very comfortable. glad you enjoyed it. it
was a fun build.
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ooo, not implying a rut at all. Meant as a compliment. There are few builders
that have a reconizable style in my opinion. You are one of them. I think it is
a great quality.
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happy new year!
-§ deborah §-
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You too!
Jonathan
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One word: A-maz-ing !
I’ve seen this way of curve construction before, even tried it myself (it comes
as a logical conclusion to having an abundance of 1*2 bricks around for no
particular use) but I couldn’t imagine something so architecturally integral.
Excellent MOC.
Jerry
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In lugnet.build.arch, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
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In lugnet.build.arch, Deborah Higdon wrote:
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In lugnet.build.arch, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Deborah Higdon wrote:
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i vowed to myself to post this before the new year.
back in april i completed a new moc,
enjoy.
-§ deborah higdon-leblond §-
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Excellent. As usual. Love the stair case and the chairs!
When poking along through ‘recent’ in brickshelf and coming across this
moc, I knew whose it was before looking. OK, the tower did catch me off
guard for a moment, but really, I knew you were the creator.
Very nice!
Jonathan
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thanks, jonathan! your comment might make me think i’m in a rut if my work
is so recognizable. course, there are some that do think i’m stuck in a
rut, wink. i’m enjoying this rut, it’s very comfortable. glad you enjoyed
it. it was a fun build.
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ooo, not implying a rut at all. Meant as a compliment. There are few
builders that have a reconizable style in my opinion. You are one of them. I
think it is a great quality.
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happy new year!
-§ deborah §-
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You too!
Jonathan
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no worries, i took yours as a compliment! the wink was meant for someone else
who has said my style may be a bit too recognizable (read: repetitive) but i
took it with the grain of salt that it probably was meant to be.
-§ deborah §-
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In lugnet.build.arch, Gereon Stein wrote:
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One word: A-maz-ing !
I’ve seen this way of curve construction before, even tried it myself (it
comes as a logical conclusion to having an abundance of 1*2 bricks around for
no particular use) but I couldn’t imagine something so architecturally
integral.
Excellent MOC.
Jerry
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yes, this curve has been used for a while. i first played with it in
2001 and i’ve seen some
afol’s doing great things with it. i’ve also used it to teach some interesting
math concepts to my students. but the most fun is making something so linear
into something much more fluid. thank you for your kind words. glad you
enjoyed it.
-§ deborah §-
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thanks, jonathan! your comment might make me think i’m in a rut if my work
is so recognizable. course, there are some that do think i’m stuck in a
rut, wink. i’m enjoying this rut, it’s very comfortable. glad you enjoyed
it. it was a fun build.
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ooo, not implying a rut at all. Meant as a compliment. There are few
builders that have a reconizable style in my opinion. You are one of them.
I think it is a great quality.
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happy new year!
-§ deborah §-
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You too!
Jonathan
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no worries, i took yours as a compliment! the wink was meant for someone
else who has said my style may be a bit too recognizable (read: repetitive)
but i took it with the grain of salt that it probably was meant to be.
-§ deborah §-
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How could anyone even hint that you are repetitive. I wish I had the ability to
design just one of your items. If I did, I think I would sit and do it over and
over. you have a real flair and your stuff is excellent. John P
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In lugnet.build.arch, John Patterson wrote:
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thanks, jonathan! your comment might make me think i’m in a rut if my
work is so recognizable. course, there are some that do think i’m stuck
in a rut, wink. i’m enjoying this rut, it’s very comfortable. glad you
enjoyed it. it was a fun build.
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ooo, not implying a rut at all. Meant as a compliment. There are few
builders that have a reconizable style in my opinion. You are one of them.
I think it is a great quality.
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happy new year!
-§ deborah §-
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You too!
Jonathan
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no worries, i took yours as a compliment! the wink was meant for someone
else who has said my style may be a bit too recognizable (read: repetitive)
but i took it with the grain of salt that it probably was meant to be.
-§ deborah §-
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How could anyone even hint that you are repetitive. I wish I had the ability
to design just one of your items. If I did, I think I would sit and do it
over and over. you have a real flair and your stuff is excellent. John P
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well, i’ll be sure to point out your comment to this person. i’m sure he’s
chuckling right now if he’s reading this, as am i. not to worry, i didn’t take
him seriously. but thank you anyway. there is of course the possiblity that he
may have meant that i’m always building a house. i lament that i can’t/don’t try
other themes that my fellow lug members excel at, but i’ll stick to my passion
and play it safe.
-§ deborah §-
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Oh my goodness! I really enjoyed seeing this creation! I am impressed by all the
details and the overall structure.
Wow.
Great work....and very unusual!
Thank you for the write up too, it is always fun to learn about why a builder
chose to create.
Keep up the excellent builds.
Eric Sophie
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In lugnet.build.arch, Eric Sophie wrote:
> Oh my goodness! I really enjoyed seeing this creation! I am impressed by all the
> details and the overall structure.
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> Wow.
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> Great work....and very unusual!
> Thank you for the write up too, it is always fun to learn about why a builder
> chose to create.
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> Keep up the excellent builds.
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> Eric Sophie
thank you, eric. glad you enjoyed it. more to come, hopefully with less time
passed.
-§ deborah §-
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