Round Museum

Hay gets processed into one ton rolls or smaller square bales, and the differences are more than just geometry. Rolls are bigger and heavier, but more economical and time efficient to produce, requiring less equipment and manpower to deal with. But bales are smaller and easier to move and store undercover to prevent spoilage. What hay would you want to make?

11.28.20

Inspired by legendary Norse funeral pyres where the ashes of fierce yet vanquished warrior-kings carried their souls aloft to a promised land, the dragon-headed Viking ship firepit provides warmth and a smoky atmosphere of mythical friendship to shout ‘Skol’ while clashing tumblers of distilled spirits instead of crossing swords in battle. Designed by David M. Egner and fabricated at Warren Holzman’s Iron Studio in Philadelphia.

11.27.20

The fence went up right after dark.
Now we're curious what's behind the tarp.
With a little rip, let's peek in this hole.
What's that hanging from the pole?
What's he building in there?
What's he building in there?
There's chainlink and scaffolding, concrete and rebar.
Is there a noise coming from the trunk of his car?
I heard he was up on the roof last night.
Signaling with a flashlight.
What's he building in there?

11.24.20

Who is in charge of this office space? What a complete mess! Stacks of paper everywhere. Half a sandwich from yesterday's lunch next to the computer. And look, there's mold growing in this cup hidden days ago in a corner of the bookshelf!! Working from home is not all its cracked up to be.

11.23.20

Awww. Look at what that special someone did for you! A pathway sprinkled with rose petals along your walk is such a romantic gesture. It's not every day that a person so tangibly displays their feelings in the world where you, neighborhood dog walkers, meter maids, and various other random pedestrians can see.

11.22.20

For millennia, the standard magnifying glass has been the go-to tool to help you read some fine print or ignite a dried leaf on your driveway. Aristophanes joked in 424 BC about starting fires with one and our man Pliny the Elder advised cauterizing wounds with it. But it's probably not the best lens to use for your fall leaf peeping excursion. The convex shape produces some wild magnified effects, but details are quite blurry.

11.21.20

Get suited up and puff out your pappus, it's time to launch Operation Dandelion. The seed must be spread! A stiff breeze will soon blow this lone puff of 200 troops headfirst into the Battle of Anemochory. With enough wind strength, the ring-shaped vortex swirling above your 'chutes can deliver you to your target. Maybe you only make it six feet or maybe two miles. But you will, by the dignity of your conduct in this great struggle in which we are engaged, be remembered – we few, we happy few, we band of brothers.

11.20.20

I am a Fern. That's my job. An honorable member of the class of Polypodiopsida, nonflowering vascular plants that reproduce by spores. I'm old, yes, my kind has been around more than 350 million years, and there are nearly 15,000 fern species. Been doing things my way for a long time. But we have very high powers of long-distance dispersal, and I can self-fertilize. Uh, yes... while technically I could be put into a pot, and therefore be a potted plant, I am not... in fact... at this moment... a potted plant.

11.18.20

A spool of cable this big has to deliver on a flatbed trailer in the parking lot. But, a cylinder of wire may only require a pickup truck. A length of rope on a spindle would certainly fit in your hatchback. That reel of fishing line can go inside the tackle box. And just leave the little bobbin in your sewing kit inside the glove box.

11.17.20

Get your templates, clamps and jigs at the ready, we need to install some new modern door hardware. The old door hole is too small, so a little work necessary to enlarge the diameter by a quarter inch.

11.15.20