Author Archives: Dave Fisher

Spoons!

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Dave Fisher

I have some spoons for sale. Although there are a dozen in the photo, one has already been removed from the mix, so eleven are available. If you’d like one, send me an email at dandkfish@gmail.com. You can pay through … Continue reading →

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With Flutes on the Side

Posted on December 6, 2020 by Dave Fisher

I tried a new fluting pattern by going from foot to rim on the side of this cherry bowl. I sketched some lines on in pencil as a general guide for the carving. Then I worked from the center to … Continue reading →

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If You Still Haven’t Made a Shrink Pot

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Dave Fisher

Making a shrink pot may be the most magical thing you can do in green woodworking. You can carve bowls and spoons from dry wood, but a shrink pot’s gotta shrink. I revisit the process regularly, and I was working … Continue reading →

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Print News from Chip

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Dave Fisher

Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read. Groucho Marx Chip would like to point out some news from the world of books and magazines. Lost Art Press is … Continue reading →

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Autumn Evening

Posted on November 18, 2020 by Dave Fisher

As I walked old trails with a young dog last evening, our world was lovely and quiet. Especially so after the previous day’s windstorm, the one that pushed over the screen at the drive-in theater. I sauntered, scanning for spoons … Continue reading →

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Patience

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Dave Fisher

As I was using my adze to rough out some spoons this weekend, I was reminded by a few emails that folks are still having a tough time getting their hands on a good adze. This can be seen as … Continue reading →

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Catalpa Hen Bowl

Posted on October 29, 2020 by Dave Fisher

I got a barrel of flour, Lord, I got a bucket of lard. I ain’t got no blues, got chickens in my back yard. Jimmie Rodgers, “No Hard Times” 1932 Maybe I should have the blues; I’ve only got a … Continue reading →

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Website Changes

Posted on October 28, 2020 by Dave Fisher

Maybe it was the approach of fall and the transformation it brings that got me moving on changing my online situation. Two websites was one more than I needed! I started my website (davidffisher.com) at least ten years ago (I … Continue reading →

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Two Foot Two

Posted on October 16, 2020 by Dave Fisher

That’s the length of this cherry bowl, so it will need a big table. It’s rare that I make bowls that long. This one began as one of my demonstration pieces for the the recent adze article in Fine Woodworking … Continue reading →

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Seven Spoons

Posted on October 5, 2020 by Dave Fisher

I’ve finished up several spoons, all from crooks of varying degrees of bend. I was pinching myself as I worked with some great crooks in this batch. All straight from the knife, except for #5, which I sanded. All finished … Continue reading →

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