<div>evabody's got an opinion, right?--and this seems to boil down to that. It does bring to mind Bernard Maybeck, who used a variation of the intentionally randomized process for painting and stuccoing walls. He'd supervise gunite operations, with multiple rigs charged with tinted mix, directing the applicators to blast their mixes here and there. On the Oakland Packard dealership project, "he positioned himself on an island across from the building's shoreline site, and using a field telephone, he directed the crew of spray gun operators. The building and its reflection in the water formed a coherent composition..." --Bernard Maybeck Visionary Architect by Sally Woodbridge</div>
<div><br></div><div>Local architect and natural builder Bill Hutchins has used a similar approach on his interiors, too.</div><div><br></div><div>the point being, that I think the spatter approach has aesthetic potential, as well as being a good solution to the issues of reuse and preservation.</div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 6:42 PM, John Salmen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:terrain@shaw.ca" target="_blank">terrain@shaw.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div lang="EN-CA" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">The photo I attached was actually his studio floor (not a painting) – pretty similar to my old paint studio floor. Old wood on a commercial floor for many decades is also a pretty toxic mess to mess with in sanding and refinishing – and what exactly is the chemical green difference in putting 10mil of clear ‘protective’ finish versus 10mil of paint – after putting everything removed from the wood into the atmosphere (or dump)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I agree that commercial finishes are a matter of style – a very subtle two tone splatter might bridge the taste gap</span></p>
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