Jack Creek was big enough to require a bridge, a sturdy structure made from the floor of a railroad freight car.
Moreover, he said, nominations can normally be made from the floor at the election, except in the rare instance where the bylaws explicitly prohibit it.
His studio, reached from a courtyard filled with finished and unfinished artworks, contains a dining table made from recovered floor joists and a chaise made from an old steel bathtub, which he shaped using a welding torch.
"Indeed, since at least some nominations for directors are usually only made from the floor at the meeting itself, the names of all nominees cannot be known before the meeting," Mr. Shmulewitz said.
She was the first and boldest member of the Senate to oppose McCarthy, in a speech she made from the floor, known as the Declaration of Conscience: "I don't want to see the Republican Party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear".
Legislators enjoyed immunity from prosecution for speeches made from the floor and in the discharge of their offices.
Next door, Christopher Dunbrack, a 45-year-old artist, has layered his place with paneling made from old flooring he found in one of the building's halls.
And Mona Hatoum's forlorn cot, lying limp as the rubber it is made from on the floor; a childhood ruined and lost.
Her lamps typify the upcycle movement with bases made from rescued pine floor joists, old lampshade frames and shades knitted from discarded Indian silk saris or recycled natural yarns.
Made from handmade barn floor malt, Czech Saazer hops and American Simcoe hops.
