Pattern Making

The fabulous cast stone products pictured on this page were made from molds by Dale Mallie and the installation pictures and designs are copyright 1999, ARCHETYPE INC. The molds were made by Dale from the wooden models I carved using his drawn specifications.

For me, woodcarving does not get much better than this and it all started with a great design in Dale's head that he committed to paper and gave to me to make. For more information, please contact:

See more of Dale's fabulous work at this address:

http://archetypegarden.com/

Trimming a 19 inch square block of laminated mahogany.

2 pictures showing the turned block in various stages of completion.

Completed capital.

This cast stone capital, with verdigris patina, was made from the mold that was made from the carved wooden capital.

Last picture shows one one capital application.

First 3: Another very interesting capital. Turned and carved in mahogany.

Next 2: Finished cast stone capital and application.

	Smaller capital. This one is about 12 inches tall.
	Last 3: Capital that was used for a fireplace and application.

Just when I thought I had seen everything, drawings for this fountain show up.

First four: Sink part of fountain in construction. It was made to be a stand-alone piece as well.

Next two: Fountain base.

Application - second to last picture: Black water nozzles are cast into the flat, top rim - between the undulating concave edge and also in the very top of both volutes. They spray small streams of water onto the cast shield above.

Last picture: Note the capitals.

Carved rail pattern.

Application.

	Hand carved plaster rosette.
	Last two: Poplar baluster models. The first was made to be split into two lengthwise pieces and each one of these pieces will be used to make 1/2 of a mold. The last is one piece for a different molding process.

	Two poplar keystones.
	Last 5: 18 inch diameter, large carved mahogany turning. It was the mold pattern for the top of a 3 tier, 7 foot diameter, cast stone fountain. See below.

	One of the completed fountains.
	Fountain close up.
	Fountain parts.
	Fountain in another setting.
	Elegant window with my carved rosettes.
	Close up of the rosettes.
	Carved fascia.
	Carved fascia corner. My job was to knit together the carved corners.

	First: A stack of capitals without florons.
	Second: The same capitals with florons
	Third and fourth: Close up of one capital on it's octagonal column.
	Fifth: Capital on column without column base.

	First picture is of the finished capital, column and base assembly.
	Second is of me standing next to the work. I am 6'2" tall for perspective.
	Third & Fourth: Corbel base turned and being carved.
	Last: Almost finished base mounted of finished upper part.

	First: Each corbel is 5/8 of a capital in depth and 88% of its volume.
	Second: Back to back.
	Third: Looking up at the bottom.
	Fourth: View from the front.

	This pediment is installed inside a gazebo that is surrounded by a moat for Koi.
	This shell is a vertical adaptation of a fountain in the fifth line of pictures from the top of this page.
	This capital is an adaptation of a free standing capital in the forth line of pictures from the top of tins page.

All four pictures of this beautiful building have elements cast from molds made from wooden patterns I carved for Dale.