The State of Things

There are three floors like this. Pictures speak louder than words.

Looking UP not across. Yikes! 

There is exploded upholstery in this mess. Intact piles of feathers that become airborne when you try to scoop them up with a shovel.

Paystubs spanning four decades are scattered like confetti...

In the abstract, it's really very pretty....

Oh but the beauty in that handrail shines through it all, does it not?

That's an old washer/dryer! Heavy as a piano.

Charred...sometimes we actually have to walk on this. We test the boundary of walkable and not and I think of how surprised I've been in the past when stoking a fireplace and a charred log refuses to crumble.

Destroy/Create

It was time for a reset, so I've jumped headlong into creating a new space for Studio Hammett both literally and figuratively. Inch by inch, in the historic town of Newburgh, NY, my partner and I are digging out a fire ravaged 120 year old house from rubble and debris and the ephemera of the lives passed inside its walls. We are taking the nearly destroyed house, and in some ways ourselves, down to the bare bones where we will swab the decks clean and begin creating again. It is the ultimate set up for a fresh start. The remnants of the past and the promise of the future are mingling in the scorched space and, like a forest, seeds of renewal are gathering all around us.

Follow our progress here at StudioHammettHome.com