The Berkeley Petroglyph

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This is the view as a person walked down the street. The masonry of the garage uses the same stone as the bedrock.

Photo date: 2011-06-21 10:59:00

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Note: The petroglyph as I prepare to leave Berkeley for parts unknown.

Photo taken on 2011-06-20 22:59:00

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Note: Two people together sailing a boat.

Photo taken on 2011-06-20 12:27:00

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Note: This photo shows the Spaceman in his natural orientation, upside down. How does one describe that he is beyond the gravity that we earthlings take so much for granted?

Photo taken on 2011-06-19 22:48:00

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Note: This shows the International Space Station as it was some years ago. Its structure is much more complex with more than eight times as many solar panels now.

Photo taken on 2011-06-19 22:38:00

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Note: I brought along my gold leaf thinking I'd try guilding the scientific instruments that are, in reality, encased in non-oxidizing metalic foil. This is the second gilded petroglyph, the first is the Chandra Xray Observatory in Ingomar, MT

Photo taken on 2011-06-19 21:14:00

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Note: The composition for this petroglyph used two intersecting triangle to ground and balance the composition. This sailboat serves as the apex of the lower triangle. Interestingly, it is a consistent favorite.

Photo taken on 2011-06-19 21:08:00

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Note: One crosses the BART as one descends from the Berkeley Hills to the Bay.

Photo taken on 2011-06-18 20:13:00

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Note: This is one of my favorite carvings. The complexity of the space, the two figures, and the American flag make it work.

Photo taken on 2011-06-18 20:07:00

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Note: This was the first image on the lower half of the petroglyph that I carved. The stone has varying tensile strengths which made it hard to carve. It seems where the water flows, the stone turns almost to clay.

Photo taken on 2011-06-18 19:58:00

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Note: The existing shape of the stone was complicated, so the perspective of the images changes depending on where one stands.

Photo taken on 2011-06-18 14:44:00

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Note: From this site you can see these imagesin this perspective. Bart train, Berkeley Marina,n the Port of Oakland, and container ships on the San Francisco Bay, with planes from SFO taking off.

Photo taken on 2011-06-18 14:13:00

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Note: This is the bottom half of the frieze. Top middle is Gemini capsule. Charcoal of the garbage truck requested by my hostess.

Photo taken on 2011-05-10 21:16:00

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Note: Top left one can see the texture of the grinder.

Photo taken on 2011-04-12 17:48:00

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Note: I carved Hubble first, then ISS, then moved to the lower panel, and finally carved the spaceman.

Photo taken on 2010-05-10 21:29:00

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