JC writes:
 >>After the
designer has assembled all his/her squares and golden rectangles,
somebody who knows how buildings go togeter has to jump in and get the
mullions detailed so that they can be built...and that person don't
care much about no golden mullions.=20<<

Let's not write off the tradesperson's interest in the Golden Rectangles
so quickly. My dad got me into art school for six years (high school &
college) so I could bring those studies home for practical use in the
workshop. He was fascinated when I laid out a carved panel in the shop
with the Golden Rectangle that I had just learned about at school. He
recalled when he had learned about it also, back around 1920 when he was
working with Keats Lorenz the noted woodcarver. After that we both used
the Golden and other Geometrics more often in the shop. Perhaps we can
consider ourselves artisans when we use such techniques of the mind that
guide our hands in the ways of the heart. I agree that there are many in
the trades who know or care little about such matters, but there have
always been a few of us who do, or want to. I am no longer suprised when
I find at least one such tradesperson on every crew I work with these
days, who is ready, or already, stepping into the realm of the artisan
where Golden Rectangles apply.



John
by hammer and hand great works do stand
by pen and thought best words are wrought



John Leeke, Preservation Consultant
Historic HomeWorks
26 Higgins St.
Portland, ME  04103
207 773-2306
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