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In Search of Clarence’s House

admin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:46:25 +0000

A few years ago when I was getting one of my old clunkers fixed at the Bearsville garage I saw a picture on the wall. I had never noticed it before. It was of a crazy house with tons of windows. I had to ask-it struck a chord in me… like discovering something special that had been lost.
I was told it was Clarence Schmidt’s house. A local artist. It had over a hundred rooms. I was in awe. I searched online and found very little.
At a local friends I noticed a burnt baby doll head in his garden and commented how it looked like it belonged in Clarence’s house. He told me that was where it came from. The place had burned down and was now gone. But hiking around he’d found lot’s of relics left to the mountainside.
Then yesterday I ran into another friend and one thing led to another and it turns out he has one of the only copies of a book about Clarence.
I got to borrow it.

Clarence Schmidt house

Fed Ex Supplies

admin — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:09:51 +0000

Building the garden shed/mini-disco requires more materials than you’d realize. Having no Tyvek paper and still a considerable amount of exposed plywood to cover I was left to use what I could find. Good ol’ Fed Ex paks. They are the same material as Tyvek and free. Plus it looks so good. To bad I have to cover it up with siding.

National Geographic Book Series

admin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:17:59 +0000

I’ve just finished work on a book series for National Geographic. The first two titles; Bugs and Crime Scene, will be out in Fall 2009.