Wheel Trellis, completed

Just finished installing the most recent work, a trellis fabricated from bicycle wheels.

I had the good fortune to work with CJR Homes in Ft. Collins, CO for the installation; as it was a new exterior wall we could mount the anchor points directly to the framing for maximum support before the exterior and interior finish treatments were applied.  See their progress here.

My main artistic concerns were to not visually distract from the circular and organic shapes with mounting and attachment hardware, as well as use recycled (ha, ha!) materials with a finish that wouldn't look old and crumbly when matched with the new stucco finish on the home exterior.

The construction and design of the home itself I had nothing to do with, but was impressed with the re-used materials in its construction and the energy efficient details.  For example, it uses radiant heating which takes advantage of the floor's thermal mass to maintain a comfortable temperature and has siding fabricated from beetle kill wood which has some fantastic natural orange and blue coloration.