Round Museum

Some say sprinkles. Some say jimmies. In England, they say “hundreds-and-thousands.” Whatever you call them, you can clearly see some cookie peeking through the purple, so this application wasn’t comprehensive. We need full coverage! Over in the Netherlands, they’re called “hagelslag," which means "hail storm.” Now that’s what we need!

07.13.23

Make no sudden movements. Just sit still in your living room. The eagle eye is on you...

07.12.23

Each year painters working in the Pennsylvania Dutch tradition create hex signs for auction to support the Kutztown Folk Festival, founded by folklorists in 1950. This board represents the variety of rosettes designed to protect barns from evil spirits and misfortune.

07.11.23

The work evolves on a steel disk from which three spheres of increasing size are there to represent the human's different stages of life from childhood to adulthood and finally to old age. The spheres forcefully break through the earth's crust representing a seed of rebirth.

07.10.23

With some colored disks, an impromptu game of Connect 4 might help bide time while you wait here in line. Although, this isn't your classic 6x7 game grid with 4 trillion possible positions. Looks like there's much more to consider with a large Round 5x5 grid interspersed with a small Round 6x6 grid. And, there's a second layer deep, too! What the heck, Spock, are you playing three-dimensional Connect 4?

07.09.23

Gin? Vodka? Dry? Dirty? Shaken or stirred? Choices to be made. Belly up to the martini bar and order a birdbath full of your favorite concoction. Garnish with an olive? Lemon twist? Pickled onion? At least there’s an olive stool to sit on while you decide.

07.08.23

Seven is wholeness and perfection. It is an optimal prime. Seven times around the Kaaba. Seven higher worlds and seven underworlds. Unity of the four corners of the Earth and the Holy Trinity. Seven steps. Seven churches. Seven angels. Seven seals. Seven trumpets. Seven stars. Lucky seven. Seventh son of a seventh son. Seventh heaven. A life free of obstacles. Ascension. It is the day of rest.

07.07.23

Surely you do not want this weathered, peeling sheet of plywood to get away!? Chain that thing up!

07.06.23

First, infuse your favorite vodka with Rosemary from your herb garden. Then, take several fresh lemons, cut and squeeze the juice. Next, gather 1,000 of the very best elderflower blossoms and create a finely crafted, perfectly balanced and refined liqueur. Grapefruit juice. Add simple syrup. Slice a grapefruit. Drink up. Repeat.

07.05.23

By the end of the day on the Fourth of July, bombs will have burst in the air just about everywhere in the U.S. in celebration of our country’s birthday. From little bursts down on the corner in the neighborhood to giant blasts in Philadelphia or New York, the science for the explosion is pretty simple. You need sulfur, charcoal, potassium nitrate in a tube and a match. A shell with a 2” diameter may only launch a couple of hundred feet, but one with a two or three-foot diameter, and you can really reach for the sky. Happy Fourth!

07.04.23