Monday, December 11, 2017

speechless

(reprieve)


I was going to make this post silent


no narrative


no prose


no haiku


no instruction


no candor


no illumination


no proselytizing


no scandal


no denial


no criticism


no pining


no bitching


no memoir


I began to love the liberty of minimalizm


I guess I got sucked in


For those of you who didn't care for this post in its first life


I'll give it another go


or maybe


I'll just save that for the next post


till then, please enjoy my finely rendered carcass


Tuesday, December 5, 2017

contrast


This is wood


but not like any wood you've ever known
this wood is from a tree that sprouted from a seed long before any white European ever set foot on this continent
it was cut down by a white European and nailed to the side of his building
it will now adorn the top of a piece for Matt




this is also wood


wood from a tree that was more than likely grown on a tree farm specifically to be harvested and put on a rack in your favorite big box store


it is also for Matt


I will give both my undivided attention


and try to do my best to make the most efficient use of all of it


though just through the simple act of what I do, it will still be an incredible waste


see


that was only the first round






the final outcome sans two movable shelves




Wednesday, August 23, 2017

crest


to overcome an obstacle one needs a goal
a daunting venture if that peak is too lofty
an achievable sum is necessary


I think I'll build a box


this lovely piece is redwood burl, an off cut gifted to me by a wood turner on the Olympic Peninsula whom I had the rare opportunity to meet over a decade ago.
Just a wedge of chainsaw waste, I managed to coax it into a dimensioned blank with saw and plane.
I drool over the concept of that first lick of oil and what it will do to that flawless surface

in the past post you witnessed the taming of some incredibly wild maple
each piece continued to move over the months and I've needed to true each piece as the joinery commences










it is a box


but it will be more