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Back to "After Hours" Plates 1-36 Plates 37-72 Plates 73-108 Plates 109-144 Plates 145-145

PlateDescription — Plates 37-72Plate Added
Plate 37Constructing the Black Castle, Part 3: construction details of the entrance archFEB 2004
Plate 38Constructing the Black Castle, Part 4: construction details of the entrance arch, continuedFEB 2004
Plate 39Constructing the Black Castle, Part 5: construction begins on the right bastionFEB 2004
Plate 40Constructing the Black Castle, Part 6: the curtain wall is fully extended to the width of both bastionsFEB 2004
Plate 41Constructing the Black Castle, Part 7: both bastions now project beyond the entranceway, but the floor is dusty!MAR 2004
Plate 42Constructing the Black Castle, Part 8: we have dusted the floor, and we have also rolled out a black carpet!MAR 2004
Plate 43Constructing the Black Castle, Part 9: a floor has been provided for the battlementMAR 2004
Plate 44Constructing the Black Castle, Part 10: a zoom closeup of the Drums and Pipes of the Irish GuardsMAR 2004
Plate 45Constructing the Black Castle, Part 11: the wall-walkMAR 2004
Plate 46Constructing the Black Castle, Part 12: the curtain wall waits for the battlementMAR 2004
Plate 47Constructing the Black Castle, Part 13: how tall is a merlon?MAR 2004
Plate 48Constructing the Black Castle, Part 14: the artisan makes a photographic print of the entrance archMAR 2004
Plate 49Constructing the Black Castle, Part 15: the artisan constructs a crenellation templateMAR 2004
Plate 50Constructing the Black Castle, Part 16: the artisan places the crenellation template upon the curtain wallMAR 2004
Plate 51Constructing the Black Castle, Part 17: what is the actual width of a crenellation?MAR 2004
Plate 52Constructing the Black Castle, Part 18: converting measurements from the planning print to the actual modelMAR 2004
Plate 53Constructing the Black Castle, Part 19: a template for a corbelled battlementMAR 2004
Plate 54Constructing the Black Castle, Part 20: how the template for a corbelled battlement was draftedMAR 2004
Plate 55Constructing the Black Castle, Part 21: the wall-walk has been extended one-half inch, and three corbels have been affixed to the left bastionMAR 2004
Plate 56Constructing the Black Castle, Part 22: looking down upon the wall-walk of the corbelled-out battlementMAR 2004
Plate 57Constructing the Black Castle, Part 23: making a corbelMAR 2004
Plate 58Constructing the Black Castle, Part 24: corbels, more corbels, merlons, and crenellationsMAR 2004
Plate 59Constructing the Black Castle, Part 25: a night-scout's view of a corbelled-out battlementMAR 2004
Plate 60Constructing the Black Castle, Part 26: the crenellated battlement has been extended to the right bastionMAR 2004
Plate 61Constructing the Black Castle, Part 27: an elevated view from the wall-walk of the right bastionMAR 2004
Plate 62Constructing the Black Castle, Part 28: the crenellated battlement extends over both bastionsMAR 2004
Plate 63Constructing the Black Castle, Part 29: the battlement is finished, but the Black Castle is not yet black!MAR 2004
Plate 64Constructing the Black Castle, Part 30: the Black Castle is now entirely blackAPR 2004
Plate 65Lighting effects with the Black Castle, Part 1: high-angle view of the entire facadeAPR 2004
Plate 66Lighting effects with the Black Castle, Part 2: low-angle view of the battlementAPR 2004
Plate 67Repairing the damaged corbels, Part 1: the nature of the damageAPR 2004
Plate 68Repairing the damaged corbels, Part 2: the underside of the battlement showing damaged corbelsAPR 2004
Plate 69Repairing the damaged corbels, Part 3: a corrective facing-strip for a corbelAPR 2004
Plate 70Repairing the damaged corbels, Part 4: thirty-nine corrective strips are drafted on manila boardAPR 2004
Plate 71Repairing the damaged corbels, Part 5: the thirty-nine corrective strips have been scored and cutAPR 2004
Plate 72Repairing the damaged corbels, Part 6: the first of the thirty-nine strips has been appliedAPR 2004