Northland Pattern Wall: The City of Past and Future Craft
Dennis Maher with Assembly House 150
Northland Workforce Training Center | 2019

The City of Past and Future Craft is a three-dimensional wall mural built for the public lobby of the Northland Workforce Training Center in Buffalo, NY. The design incorporates components built by students in the SACRA program—including wood inlays, molding profiles and frames, demonstrations of joinery techniques, architectural models and other crafted details—and blends them with wooden pattern relics found within the former Niagara Machine and Tool Works, the site of the wall’s installation. Together, the SACRA designed artifacts and historic wooden patterns construct an imaginary cityscape—one that celebrates and re-imagines craftsmanship while projecting toward a future generation of builders and dreamers.

Lead Installers: Quincy Koczka and Nick Wheeler. Construction Assistance: Jaidon Ramirez-Zeno, Jill Daniels, Chrystal Schmooger, Charles Newman.