Steve began collecting patterns in the 1970s from Waterman Industries in Exeter, California.

The patterns he collected were made by skilled craftsman called pattern makers. The wood patterns they created have now been replaced by computer-aided drafting (CAD) programs that now create plastic parts.

These three bowels in the image to the right display the craftsmanship of pattern makers in the 1940s.

Work Shop in Cambria

Steve finished his replica of an Irish Garden Shed constructed with 6 X 6 timber framing, gravel footing, and log ends utilizing a special mortar mix with sawdust.

Relics From The Past

There are thousands of Foundries in the United States with millions of one of a kind Patterns and Molds stored away on shelves waiting to be discovered. Steve calls them "Relics from the Past" because each one has a time and place in history. They are as large as giant sluice gates for canals or as small as bolts... they are door knobs, shower drains, water turbines or motor covers... the list is endless. They could be brought out and transformed into works of art to be enjoyed for their beauty as well as their historical significance.

(Photo at right: Steve collected these artifacts from the rocks under the canneries in 1964.)