Last Wednesday, during a phone conversation with Dylan, it became clear that if he could grow a couple more hands and, maybe, an additional half a brain, the deadlines looming on Friday would be more tractable. What a coincidence! I have two hands and half a brain! So, Thursday morning, I drove to the City (Sacto is only the "city"), ready to jump into DylanLand. Actually, DylanLand is not so different than SandyWorld used to be, so it's a familiar trip. Similar rides.He hadn't slept in awhile, but after a bit of food, we tackled the finish work on a 5'8"-square table w/four benches that he'd just gotten back from the finisher-guy. It was set to be picked up by the movers early Friday morning to be moved into place in a residence by crane. I did detail work on the stone inlay and waxed, while he worked on the inset piece. You can't see it in the photos, but there's a stainless steel inset box with a walnut bottom that fits into the center of the table. It can be set in one way, to hold ice, flowers or candles and such, or turned over to be flush with the table top. That's Emi sitting with Dylan at the table in the shop Thursday evening--we had just come back from dinner.
The table having been picked up at 7:30am, it had already been craned in by the time we caught up with it at the residence about nine. The interior designer, Stephanie, had met it there and watched it hoisted up to the roof patio four stories up. That is she sitting at the table with Dylan. You can probably see that it's a rather nice residence. I think I counted 5 levels.
He had a bit of other work to finish, then a meeting with the client toward the end of the day. Late Friday night, Dylan drove back to GV with me for the weekend for a change of scenery after an intense number of days.
Rachel's birthday was Saturday, but she's in Uruguay with Mike, so we celebrated anyway. The Question of the Day was, WWRW(UTDFHB)?, or What Would Rachel Want (Us To Do For Her Birthday)? Eat brownies, for one thing. So we did. Sit around and watch March Madness, for another. So we did. She'll be so pleased.
Another one of our family activities was to channel our inner Geek Squad and fix the case on Dylan's computer, which had been dropped and broken at least a year before. He had ordered the parts and found the instructions online. It's amazing what one can accomplish with three people, two (other) computers and a camera (back-up memory) working intensively on such a delicate project. There was some little trepidation about unwiring and rewiring, but we forged ahead. The result? Fixed!
The main events for the weekend were to brainstorm some next moves for Dylan's business (he needs an additional worker) and work on designs for a table commission (I served as a leg-shape consultant).
He uses old-fashioned pencils and paper some of the time and his Sketch Up computer software the rest. Here he is Sketching Up, and there is just a small number of the drawings he makes in the process of developing a design. Fun to watch his brain at work through his hands.Back in SF, he's been contacted by a career woodworker moving into the SF area looking for a possible gig. Who knows? Stay tuned.
