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Monthly Archives: June 2015
Close Encounters of the Wood Kind
For those of you that recognize what that is: no, I have not turned to turning. My turning experience is limited to doing a little spindle turning, mainly on the spring-pole lathe. But I did make the easy hour-and-a-half trip … Continue reading
Moth-Inspired Curves
Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with the smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. She has no interstices; every part is full of life. –– Henry David Thoreau, … Continue reading
Posted in layout, quotes and excerpts, sketch, Uncategorized
Tagged George Walker, moth, Thoreau
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The Apple of His Eye
Near the end of March 1845, I borrowed an axe and went down to the woods by Walden Pond nearest to where I intended to build my house…. The owner of the axe, as he released his hold on it, … Continue reading
Posted in axe, carving, quotes and excerpts, sharpening, Uncategorized
Tagged axe, bevel, diamond stones, quotes, sharpening, Thoreau
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We Shall Not Cease From Exploration
We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. — T. S. Eliot, “Little Gidding” As one might guess from the … Continue reading
Posted in bowls, Lettering, quotes and excerpts, Uncategorized
Tagged bottom, bowls, T. S. Eliot, walnut
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