by Eric Seelig | Jun 27, 2017 | Liforatory
The Iceman Cometh is a play written by American playwright Eugene O’Neill. I have never seen it or read it. I don’t even know what it is about. I just like the title. I was reminded of it when I decided to write about one of my life experiments. It seems...
by Eric Seelig | May 3, 2017 | Design and Computer Modeling, Recent Posts
For those of you who follow my blog, you know that I am an advocate for 3d solid modeling. Not just 3d modeling but parametric modeling. Parametric modeling allows us to make changes to the model without having to start from scratch. Click here to see a short video...
by threeelements | Mar 9, 2017 | Materials and Services, Recent Posts
Our goal at Three Elements Timberworks is to provide our customers with as many solutions as possible. Here is the caveat. It has to be within our “wheelhouse”. So when Humboldt Redwood approached us about building outdoor structures using their redwood...
by threeelements | Jan 3, 2017 | Design and Computer Modeling, Digital Fabrication, Recent Posts
A few weeks ago I told a colleague: “at Three Elements Timberworks we are experts in digital modeling and fabrication.” He replied “what does that mean?” I thought I would try to explain it in a post and show one example of work we have done...
by threeelements | Dec 19, 2016 | Design and Computer Modeling, Recent Posts
We spend a lot of time building computer models. I would be lying if every once in a while I don’t question whether or not we are wasting time with all of the modeling and details. Then a situation comes up where I realize how powerful our modeling is. One...
by threeelements | Dec 1, 2016 | Materials and Services, Recent Posts
What, you can build a timber frame with posts and beams made from bamboo? Several years ago I started to notice that every once in a while I would walk into an architect’s office and tell them I was a timber framer and they would tell me that they only build “modern”...
by Eric Seelig | Aug 13, 2016 | Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center, Recent Posts
For those of you that have been following us at Three Elements Timberworks, you may recall that we donated a timber frame pavilion in 2012 to the the Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center (CTRC). We didn’t do it alone — not by a long shot. We had a long list of...
by Eric Seelig | Jul 25, 2016 | General, Recent Posts
Three Elements Timberworks was started in 1999 as a timber frame company, and although our bread and butter is still timber frames and timber trusses, we have found over the years that our real product is providing solutions. For example, when I first started the...
by Eric Seelig | Jun 29, 2016 | In-process, Recent Posts
This is a project we did with Jackson Design Build. This was our first project working together and I really enjoyed it. I am looking forward to more projects in the future. Most of our work is typically in the mountain resort towns. This one was in the front range....