June 1993. Found rough granite, bronze, steel. Dimensions: APPROX 200'
Custom interior railing project and table, Aspen, CO.
Flug Rail was commissioned by Debby and Marty Flug for their home on Red Mountain in Aspen, Colorado. Extending approximately 200 feet, the custom interior railing began at the grand staircase and continued throughout the house along the upper balconies. The work combines bronze and steel with large pieces of found rough granite, integrating sculpture directly into the architecture while retaining the contrasting qualities of natural stone and fabricated metal central to my work.
The entire railing was fabricated in my studio in Wells, New York, then transported to Colorado and installed with the help of my father, Richard Van Alstine. Rather than treating the railing simply as an architectural necessity, I approached it as an extended sculpture—using the handrail as a continuous linear element that moves through the house, periodically engaging the granite as both structural anchor and sculptural event.
June 1993. Found rough granite, bronze, steel. Dimensions: APPROX 200'
Custom interior railing project and table, Aspen, CO.
Flug Rail was commissioned by Debby and Marty Flug for their home on Red Mountain in Aspen, Colorado. Extending approximately 200 feet, the custom interior railing began at the grand staircase and continued throughout the house along the upper balconies. The work combines bronze and steel with large pieces of found rough granite, integrating sculpture directly into the architecture while retaining the contrasting qualities of natural stone and fabricated metal central to my work.
The entire railing was fabricated in my studio in Wells, New York, then transported to Colorado and installed with the help of my father, Richard Van Alstine. Rather than treating the railing simply as an architectural necessity, I approached it as an extended sculpture—using the handrail as a continuous linear element that moves through the house, periodically engaging the granite as both structural anchor and sculptural event.
