Comments on: A piece of modern art history

By: Jason Hammond

Jason Hammond — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:47:46 +0000

Hi Peter,

The photos of our install should still be available. I’ll check to see what the issue is and get them back up online.

Jason

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:08:06 +0000

Wow! I really like the fireplace you installed. The latest pics with the surround are great! I found some older thumbnails of your fireplace install on google images, but was disappointed to find they were no longer on your blog. Any chance these can be made available again?

By: Jason Hammond

Jason Hammond — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:26:56 +0000

John S,

I talked to the owner of Energy Savers recently and he told me there are a lot more options on the market this year for modern/contemporary fireplaces. We chose the Kingsman line as it offered the clean lines and stone insert as well as being very affordable. Most of the modern fireplaces we found last year were well out of our price range/budget at the time.

Jason

By: Jason Hammond

Jason Hammond — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:12:45 +0000

Lori,

I’d love to see some photos of your ceiling I can imagine they look stunning as well.

Jason

By: Reed Watson

Reed Watson — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:12:45 +0000

My hearty congratulations to you Jason and your family. Great design and story telling throughout the entire process. Great fun watching the journey and so happy to see it all come together so beautifully.

By: john s

john s — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:24:14 +0000

Can you give a little more detail on how you arrived at the style for the fireplace insert? I checked out Energy Savers and they seem to offer “traditional” looking fireplaces, yet yours seems to have smooth rocks with a flame - how did that work? (We’re replacing our old coal fireplaces and are looking for a newer approach.) Thanks!

By: Off Center » Centerpoints 9.1

Off Center » Centerpoints 9.1 — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:14:27 +0000

[…] process of a new home in the Twin Cities. The house is nearly complete and now features some of the leftover aluminum panelling from the skin of the Walker’s theater tower expansion. In case anyone’s nit-picking, we’re more of a contemporary arts center than a modern […]

By: Lori

Lori — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:56:26 +0000

Jason, I feel that we are kindred spirits. My husband and I also contacted Bruce (a wonderful fellow) at M.G.
McGrath last year and purchased 33 of the “Walker Panels” for installation in our lower level ceiling. It is stunning.

By: Justin Heideman

Justin Heideman — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:05:26 +0000

There is more info about the panels posted in one of the Walker’s blogs.

I think I’m going to have to blog this story.

By: Mike McGrath, Jr

Mike McGrath, Jr — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:41:28 +0000

Jason, I have to say that the fireplace is an breathtaking. I know that I am bias, but there is not another material out there that can match those panels in that application. The Titanium that was used in Bilbao is easy to get, I have some at our facility. It is the same materaial we installed on the Denver Art Museum. It is also a beautiful material but does’t make a statement like the expanded metal.
Awesome!!!!!