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Revisiting Thoreau’s Tray
Our life is frittered away by detail . . . I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on … Continue reading →
Posted in drying, figure, green woodworking, historical reference, Lettering, quotes and excerpts, Uncategorized
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Tagged maple serving board, simplify, Thoreau's tray
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5 Comments
Noah’s Bowl
After his first few days home from college for Christmas break, my son told me he wanted to carve a bowl. Being in the workshop with him was nice and reminded me of many moments in the workshop when the … Continue reading →
Posted in bowls, drying, patterns, teaching, Uncategorized
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Tagged beginner bowl, tulip poplar bowl
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21 Comments
Before-and-After Dragon
I’ve completed the carving on one of the cherry dragon ale bowls I roughed out a month ago, and thought I’d share a few photos to contrast the piece after the final carving with its unfinished twin. The same ideas … Continue reading →
Posted in ale bowls, cherry, drying, Uncategorized
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Tagged Cherry wood ale bowl, dragon ale bowl
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23 Comments
Spring Snow and Wood Storage
A book that I return to often is The Heart of Thoreau’s Journals edited by Odell Shepard. One interesting aspect is comparing Thoreau’s notes for a particular time of year to my own observances; his March to my March. Thoreau … Continue reading →
Posted in drying, finding wood, green woodworking, nature, quotes and excerpts, Uncategorized
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Tagged storing green wood, Thoreau's Journals
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14 Comments
Putting the Wood in the Driver’s Seat
One of the things I enjoy most about greenwood carving is the challenge of making the most out of the wood that becomes available. The individual characteristics of the log or branch drive the design, while I navigate among the … Continue reading →
Posted in bowls, carving, drying, finding wood, Lettering, spoons, trees, Uncategorized
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Tagged carved bowls, shrink pot, tulip poplar, walnut bowl
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17 Comments
Bowl for Beginners and Beyond
I had been thinking about an ideal bowl design for the Plymouth CRAFT class, now only a month away. This sample bowl is the result of those thoughts. In addition to providing challenges for development of various skills, I wanted … Continue reading →
Posted in bowls, classes, drying, finding wood, layout, patterns, proportions, teaching, trees, Uncategorized
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Tagged beginner bowl, embedded nail, sassafras
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7 Comments
Proof of the Workmanship of Risk
Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day and it put me in the mood to do a little early Spring cleaning in the shop. Scattered around were these reminders of the “workmanship of risk.” That was, of course, the phrase coined … Continue reading →
Posted in bowls, carving, drying, quotes and excerpts, Uncategorized
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Tagged carving mistakes, David Pye, Eric Goodson, workmanship of risk
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20 Comments
Painted Bowl
Several weeks ago, I wrote a post about carving the side panels of this maple bowl. Since then, I’ve completed the painting — a slow process. Not just because artist’s oils dry slowly, but more so because I did … Continue reading →
Roughing It
I’ve been roughing out bowls. Rather than store logs for long periods in the summer heat, I try to do the green carving and let the roughed bowls dry. Then they can patiently wait for further carving until I get … Continue reading →
Posted in bowls, carving, drying, Uncategorized
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Tagged bowls, layout, logs, white oak
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3 Comments
Oh, It’s Drying Time Again…
Hewing a bowl with an axe and an adze certainly qualifies for what David Pye called “the workmanship of risk.” The risk doesn’t end when the axe is laid down. Anyone who is going to carve many bowls is sure to have some … Continue reading →
Posted in cartoons, carving, drying, Uncategorized
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Tagged bowls, cartoons, drying, walnut
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11 Comments