Robie House Stars & Moonbeams Pen Holder | AlaModerna Laser cut wood giving it new life

giving it new life

Heavily influenced by 20th-century design and decorative arts

with its enclosed lily pool and garden

abstracted hollyhocks were incorporated into the decorative program of the house

ABOUT THE ARTIST: Frederick Arndt retired in 2005 after working 32 years in engineering and management at General Motors to pursue an exciting career as an artist

Robie House Stars & Moonbeams Pen Holder | AlaModerna Laser cut wood giving it new lifeFrank Lloyd Wright designed his Prairie style masterpiece, the Frederick C. Robie House, Chicago, IL in 1908 from his Oak Park Studio. This distinctive structure, which was commissioned by a local engineer, is renowned as a forerunner of modernism in architecture. This design, adapted from the wood laylight known as Stars and Moonbeams, is found in the upper entry hall of the home. These perforated boards display Wrights passion for capturing the