Crown of the Capital

Harris county courthouse continues. Even though we here at Professio have lots of projects going on, we are still hard at work getting all the ornamental plaster pieces ready for installation. Here I’m carving the very top of the large capital that will set high up in the rotunda.  I’m carving it out of clay and the design comes from other elements found in the courtroom. Notice the leaves are very deep. This unit will be located some 30 pluse feet from the first level you can view it from. And it will needs to be deep so that the designs can stand out from that distance.

After finishing the carving we will make a rubber mold of the element and then cast the four pieces out of gypsum plaster. Installation is scheduled to start soon and unfortunately the large capital may be the very first piece we are to start on. So the presser is on to get this piece and the large capital carved and into production.

I will update you again as we make the mold of this peace