Batman Would Surely Approve of This Beautiful New Portland Craft Gallery
Day in the Life Gallery lets fine crafts shine in all their glory and wants to tell you what makes each piece special.
By
Eden Dawn
4/29/2021 at 12:30am
This Austin Heitzman Walnut Whiskey Armoire is made from one giant walnut burl.
Stepping inside the Day in the Life gallery feels like what I imagine stepping into a corner of Bruce Wayneâs expansive manor is like. I can picture him striding in Italian leather shoes over the intricate hand-laid white oak parquet floors run with brass trim and matching walls. He walks up to the jaw-dropping $12,000 hand-carved whiskey armoire made from one massive walnut burl, before pulling it open to reveal lighted glass shelves with the finest liquors and pours himself a drink. Maybe he swirls his whiskey underneath the four-foot-wide handblown glass installation by Portlander Andy Paiko as he wrestles with his inner Batman demons or brainstorms a new gadget fo