It seems that every corner, cranny, and blank surface at the Dean Hotel is merely a place waiting for art to happen — Faust, their German-style hofbrau, is no exception. And those boring old tap handles just had to go!

Last week, luthier Rachel A. Rosenkrantz delivered these gorgeous new beer tap handles to the bar. They were made using the same tools and materials — and masterful skill and artistic eye — she deploys when fabricating musical instruments in her Pawtucket studio, Atelier Rosencrantz.

The Parisian-born Rosenkrantz first came to our attention last year with the Whale Guitar Project for which she made a faux scrimshaw electric guitar out of Corian®. A talented musician and singer, she plays contrabass among other instruments, and frequently performs around town, often as half of the traditional, if eccentric, folk duo Two Selkies.

The Faust, at 122 Fountain Street, serves a variety of Bavarian draught beer, American craft brews, and a rotating selection of guest beers.