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Category Archives: shrink box
If You Still Haven’t Made a Shrink Pot
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
Musical Shrink Pot
Between juggling this last month of a strange school year and a bout with sciatica, my carving time has been limited lately, but I was able to get a different sort of shrink pot finished before Mother’s Day. Keeping in … Continue reading
More Fun with Shrink Tubes
Sometimes you just have to get an odd idea out of your system. This one involved shrink pots, or more specifically, shrink tube bottoms. I’ve written several posts about shrink pots/boxes/tubes with procedures and all that. Here is a link … Continue reading
Posted in green woodworking, paint, patterns, shrink box, Uncategorized
Tagged dollar coins, fun with coins, shrink pot, shrink tube
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In the Beginning
Wanting to make another big cherry shrink pot like the one in this post, I put my big folding saw in my pack and walked to a nearby woodlot where a cherry tree had fallen a few months ago. The … Continue reading
Posted in cherry, holding, shrink box, tools, Uncategorized
Tagged cherry shrink pot, froe, holdfast, T-handle auger
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Täljfest 2019
In my lectures at both Spoonfest and Täljfest, I referred to an excerpt from Mary Oliver’s poem Sometimes: Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. Astonishment comes easy at Sätergläntan, the traditional crafts school in … Continue reading
Posted in classes, events, green woodworking, historical reference, paint, shrink box, sketch, Uncategorized
Tagged Saterglantan, Taljfest
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Bright Shrink Pot
Around me the trees stir in their leaves and call out, “Stay awhile.” The light flows from their branches. —Mary Oliver, from the poem “When I am Among the Trees” That poetry excerpt may look familiar. I shared it last … Continue reading
Posted in paint, patterns, quotes and excerpts, sharpening, shrink box, Uncategorized
Tagged carved lettering, quaking aspen, shrink pot
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A Couple Shrink Pots and Spoons
I made a couple shrink posts from sections of birch with personality that I just couldn’t resist. The bark seems so alive and dynamic — warts and all. The bending nature of these pieces added just a bit of extra … Continue reading
Coffee Pot
For many folks, the morning cup of coffee is one of life’s great joys, a sacred ritual and/or an absolute necessity. I’m happy that this big shrink pot will become a part of the morning routine for one coffee lover. … Continue reading
Posted in burl, Lettering, shrink box, Uncategorized
Tagged cherry box, coffee canister, coffee pot
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Shrink Pots, Paint and Lettering
If weep you must, then weep; but weep that tears must be, and be Gentle and grow as, weeping to the ground, the willow tree; And grace will come, lighting the eyes of heaven, after thee. — Catherine … Continue reading
Posted in Lettering, paint, patterns, quotes and excerpts, shrink box, Uncategorized
Tagged carved lettering, Catherine Breese Davis, shrink pot
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“Fish Say…” Shrink Pot
As I was shaving down the walls of this cherry shrink pot, I couldn’t help but notice a few small tight pin knots, mostly because the swirling grain direction around them was causing me fits. Then I thought they might … Continue reading
Posted in cherry, Lettering, quotes and excerpts, sharpening, shrink box, tools, Uncategorized
Tagged cherry shrink pot, Heaven poem, pen knife blade, Rupert Brooke
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