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Follow the Bent
I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one, every moment. Henry David Thoreau, Walden I can’t seem to locate my genius, but I have been … Continue reading
Posted in finding wood, green woodworking, quotes and excerpts, spoons, trees, Uncategorized
Tagged border privet, hawthorn wood, spoon crooks
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Library Bench
Sometime around 1980 I borrowed a Charlie Brown book from the Greenville Public Library. Then I lost it, then found it three years later. I don’t remember if any late fees were ever paid. What a scoundrel. This fall, I … Continue reading
Posted in carving, cherry, Lettering, quotes and excerpts, Uncategorized
Tagged cherry bench, library bench
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Print News from Chip
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
Autumn Evening
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
Posted in nature, quotes and excerpts, Uncategorized
Tagged Emily Dickinson, Hal Borland
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Cleave the Wood
When a friend asked me to carve this short line from Saying 77 of the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas, I spent a lot of time thinking. There were a lot of decisions to make, from choosing among various translations to … Continue reading
Posted in Lettering, quotes and excerpts, tools, Uncategorized
Tagged carved lettering, Gospel of Thomas, rare earth magnets
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Late June
“If man is ever going to admit that he belongs to the earth, not the other way round, it probably will be in late June. Then it is that life surpasses man’s affairs with incredible urgency and outreaches him in … Continue reading
Posted in nature, quotes and excerpts, trees, Uncategorized
Tagged Hal Borland, robin fledgling
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Knotty Story
This tale from my isolated workshop is actually quite tame compared to Boccaccio’s famous ones from the 14th Century told by a group of friends isolating themselves in an Italian villa; unfortunately timely circumstances. Amid the adjustments to the ever … Continue reading
Posted in adze, bowls, layout, nature, quotes and excerpts, Uncategorized, walnut
Tagged bird bowl, Boccacio, Decameron, walnut bowl
15 Comments
Silver Maple Bowl
Now that I’ve made several pieces from silver maple, I feel like I’m starting to understand its character. I compare it to a no-nonsense laborer who wears flashy underpants beneath his overalls. You know. Based on what I’ve read recently, … Continue reading
Posted in bowls, finding wood, green woodworking, historical reference, quotes and excerpts, Uncategorized
Tagged maple bowl, silver maple
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Liking Lichens
What is produced by a free stroke charms us, like the forms of lichens and leaves. There is a certain perfection in accidents which we never consciously attain. — Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers … Continue reading
Posted in finding wood, green woodworking, nature, quotes and excerpts, spoons, trees, Uncategorized, video
Tagged cherry branches, lichen, spoon crooks
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