TAILORING

MY FATHER, OTIS HARRISON McFIELD,WAS BORN IN 1895 ON THE ISLAND OF ROATAN, HONDURAS C.A. HE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES ca.1914 AND GRADUATED FROM TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE IN 1919 HAVING COMPLETED THE COURSEWORK IN TAILORING AND ACADEMICS. HE ESTABLISHED IN 1920, A SUCCESSFUL TAILORING BUSINESS THAT ONLY ENDED AT HIS DEATH IN 1969. HE AND HIS WIFE, RUTH ETHEL HOLMES McFIELD, REARED FOUR SONS ALL OF WHOM LEARNED TAILORING IN THE SHOP. DAD ASSISTED AND SPONSORED HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, HUGH OLIVER McFIELD IN COMING TO THE US AND TAUGHT HIM THE ART OF TAILORING. UNCLE OLIVER MOVED TO LINCOLN, NEBRASKA WHERE HE ESTABLISHED HIS OWN TAILORING BUSINESS ON “Q” STREET IN DOWN TOWN LINCOLN AND WAS IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

THE KNOWLEDGE OF ALTERATION/ REPAIR AND TAILORING HAVE SERVED ME WELL THRU THE YEARS. FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF MY PROJECTS IN CLOTH.

NECKTIE
TWO PIECE LEISURE SUIT
SWEAT SHIRTS
LADIES JACKET
LADIES VEST JACKET
SPORTS COAT
VEST
LADIES JACKET & HAT
SWEAT SHIRTS
JACKET SUIT
VEST
3 PIECE SUIT
SWEAT SHIRT
VEST
VEST

PROJECTS IN WOOD

A SHOUT-OUT TO MR. McGEE WHO INTRODUCED ME TO SERIOUS WOOD WORKING AT NORTHEAST JR. HIGH SCHOOL AND TO MR. MOWBRAY WHO TAUGHT ME TO APPRECIATE THE BEAUTY IN WOODS AND THE SATISFACTION DERIVED FROM WORKING WITH WOOD AT SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL.

TELEPHONE TABLE 8TH GRADE: NORTHEAST JR. HIGH
WALNUT END TABLE : SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL
WALNUT BOX : SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL

PROJECTS THRU THE YEARS

CHINA PAINTING CASE
LIGHT TABLE
LIGHT TABLE
HAT STRETCHER
SHED 2
SHED 1
MAC 1 SPEAKER : RIGHT
MAC 1 SPEAKER : LEFT
SPEAKERS
TOY CHEST: ERIC
TOY CHEST: HARRISON
DINOSAUR AND STAND
PLANT STAND

PORT-A-HOUSE PET SHELTER

PORT-A-HOUSE PET: SHELTER 1
PORT – A-HOUSE : PET SHELTER 2
PORT -A HOUSE : PET SHELTER 3
PORT -A-HOUSE : PET SHELTER 4
PORT -A -HOUSE : PET SHELTER 5 (ASSEMBLED)
PORT-A -HOUSES

MENAGERIE IN WOOD

ON MY 60TH BIRTHDAY A FRIEND (BOB SZABO) GAVE ME A MILLED SLAB OF BLACK WALNUT WOOD. ANOTHER FRIEND (GAR STOVIN) GAVE ME A HANDCRAFTED BANDSAW, A BELT SANDER AND A SMALL DRUM SANDER. WHAT FOLLOWS ARE THE RESULTS OF THEIR GENEROSITY.

AARDVARKS
BEAGLE
BEAGLE
ELEPHANT
ELEPHANT
ELEPHANTS
FROG
FROGS
ALLIGATOR
GORILLAS
GATORS
HIPPO
RHINO
LIONS
HIPPOS
SQUIRRELS
TURTLES
TURTLE
DINOSAUR
DINOSAUR

CAROUSELS

MIDDLE PASSAGE 1
MIDDLE PASSAGE 2
MIDDLE PASSAGE 2 (ASSEMBLED)

MOBILES

BOWLING MOBILE
AFRICA MOBILE
AFRICA MOBILE 2
LITTLE GIRL MOBILE
BIRD AND NEST MOBILE
LOVE BUNNIES MOBILE

BALANCE CHALLENGES

BALANCE CHALLENGE 1 AFRICA

BALANCE CHALLENGE 2 AFRICA

BALANCE CHALLENGES SPARTAN
BALANCE CHALLENGES AFRICA