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  1. first commision piece using Sketchup ... Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Sconce

    First shot using Sketchup to flesh out a project. Plan is to batch six of these, selling the first one for $150 on commission and sell the balance on ebay for whatever the market will bare. Designed the piece loosely based on a Stickley pedestal found in one of my referance books. Size id 9×9x5...
  2. Cutting Board Mockup for SAVE THE CHILDREN event

    SAVE THE CHILDREN Drawn in sketchup this a mockup of my proposed entry, design is based on my previous cutting board. Mockup is 11 inches square. Strips are 1/8 inch. small squares are 1 inch. longest parts are 3.5 inches Invision the material as Wenge and Yellowheart. Not sure how many I...
  3. Martin Luther King SAVE THE CHILDREN cutting board and kit knives with Wenge handles

    Hello All Thanks for looking at my project. yellowheart, wenge from Africa and Black cherry from Memphis. About 12 years ago we lived in Bartlett, Tennessee which is a suburb of Memphis. In the Sunday paper we noticed a classified ad for cherry and walnut lumber @ a dollar a board foot. Never...
  4. IN THE WOOD .... first commision piece using Sketchup ... Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Sconce

    Batched 6 of these and 5 are complete. One is left waiting to be glued up (ran out of R3 biscuits) Emailed photos and this posting link to my customer, Merridee. Will ship the best one priority mail tomorrow. Sketchup is a awesome tool for woodworking design. ... I'm HOOKED …. been a autcad...
  5. Mansonia & Anigre Laptop table Sketchup design and good deal on ebay for leather recliner

    Well my couch was about 12 years old and very worn. Time to replace it, Been shopping for a leather recliner for several months. Looked at several Cincinnati furniture stores and found nothing in the style I wanted nor anything I felt was a good buy for the money. Ebay buff for years, bought...
  6. Mansonia and Anigre Laptop Table

    Designed this one in sketchup. Design allows the table to slide under the chair and clear the chair arm. Top is made from a 15 inch wide plank of 4/4 mansonia. Bought it in-the-rough from the ebay seller I mentioned in one of my blogs. Figure turned out to be especially nice. Rest is from a 8/4...
  7. Honduran Mahogany Landscape Carving inspired by Birger Sandzen

    titled : Rivers Edge #4 Inspired by woodblock prints by Birger Sandzen Honduran Mahogany carved with dremel tool Found this in a box of my old tile mold wood carvings. I never made this one into a tile. for some reason, I put it aside and forgot about it. It did'n't have any finish on it and...
  8. Hoduran Mahogany wood carved Landscape used as a master for my clay tile molds

    Found this one in a box yesterday. Cleaned off the clay and buffed it with steel wool to highlight some areas. Added a coat of linseed oil to brighten it back up. Pretty sure it had a coat or two shellac on it at one time. Probably some urethan varnish. The liquid latex, used as a barrier...
  9. Six panel landscape carving used to make molds for clay tiles ... Honduran Mahogany

    My kiln is firing … that will be in the blog … Searched through some boxes in the garage and dug up this 6 panel. I've only made about 10 sets of these tiles in the past 4 or 5 years. Always had severe processing-breakage problems. Never had a complete 6 piece together at one time. Hopefully...
  10. Wenge and Yellowheart tables for my daughter Nichole

    Set of tables I'm made for my oldest daughter Nichole and her twin daughters Brianna and Alyssa. Wenge and Curly Yellowheart. Sanded the the top to 320 and applied 3 coats General Finishes Armor Seal Legs and sides sanded to 120 and 2 coats of Armor seal. Table design based on splay-legged...
  11. Hidden Compartments in Wenge and Yellowheart tables

    This is my entry in the woodworking contest. Set of 3 tables made for my oldest daughter Nichole and her twin daughters Brianna and Alyssa. Wenge and Curly Yellowheart. Sanded the the top to 320 and applied 3 coats General Finishes Armor Seal Legs and sides sanded to 120 and 2 coats of Armor...
  12. three quartersawn white oak mortise and tenon framed tiles THE CLEARING

    Three quartersawn white oak frames. Mortise and tenon construction. Pegged. Three variations of the same stoneware tile. Photos one and two professional painted by my wife Peggy's sister, Susan Hamilton , artist, Seattle, WA. Photo three is in the bronze acid patina finish created in my shop...
  13. The Clearing s/n 64 reframed

    A customer bought one of my pieces and later saw one of my auctions with a qtr white sawn oak frame. He requested a reframe. Finally figured out his budget and agreed to make him a 100 dollar frame. Figured I could make 4 identical frames and still make out ok when I sell the remaining three...
  14. African Hardwood New Zealand Rookwood reproduction tiles Mission Arts and Crafts Style

    Contemporary Arts and Crafts Mission framed reproduction Rookwood tile bought from an artst in New Zealand. Tiles are a reproduction of a very rare Roodwood tile design. Matt glazes. Anigre and Wenge exotic hardwoods. Quarter sawn white oak lattice work. Mortice and tenon construction...
  15. Quartersawn White Oak Arts and Crafts Tabletop Sliding Bookrack Stickley Reproduction

    About 6 years ago while surfing eBay I stumbled upon a cool bookrack auction. It was a marked Gustav Stickley bookrack. I saved it to my favorites and watched it sell. It closed at $800. Saving the pictures and dimensions from ebay for a later project, I sketched it in Autocad. About 2 months...
  16. Blogs
    Veneering with David As Debbie mentioned in our latest eMag issue - on Sunday, July 8th, David will be hosting our very first LJ Chat. The topic of discussion will be Veneering. David posted excellent tutorial series Beginner's Guide - The Vacuum Press & Veneering recently so feel free to...
  17. Blogs
    photo blog .... 100 pounds of clay Spent this weekend pressing clay tiles. Used up 100 pounds of p-clay or sculptors clay in about 25 different handmade molds made from my mahoagny carvings. 70 tiles. Esimate 3 or 4 kiln loads. Largest tile is over twelve inches high. Smallest is about 4...
  18. Blogs
    100 pounds of clay - racks and racks ................................................... PHOTO BLOG Thought it might be fun to share photos of my tiles drying. Then again it might be boring. Well anyways !! Tiles are sitting on the fiber ceiling tiles you buy from Lowes. Bought the damaged...
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    100 pounds of clay - ................ bronze and acid patina........................PHOTO BLOG This process went pretty quick. I started at 6pm and now it is 10:30. Includes all the photo editing and the whole nine yards. added bronze coating and let dry about an hour. used the stuff on far...
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    Frank LLoyd Wright Barrel Chair Table Frank Lloyd Wright's influences on architecture and the arts and crafts style is everywhere. Buildings, bridges, stained glass, pottery, artwork, graphics, furniture and more. I've always admired his rendition of the barrel chair. This table is inspired by...
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