December 4, 2009 at 5:03 am
· Filed under prints, technique and process, transfer of energy ·Tagged Jacob Wrestling Angel, Lino-cut, printmaking
Below is the test-proof of the Jacob Wrestling the Angel of the Lord lino-cut. I have also included a few pictures of the process. The block size is 9 5/8″ x 7 1/2″, printed with Graphic Chemical bone black etching ink, on BFK Rives 250g paper.

Finishing up the cutting.

Preparing to ink the block.

The proof next to the block on the press bed. I use a Wepplo etching press set very light pressure and using one blanket.


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December 2, 2009 at 4:32 am
· Filed under woodwork ·Tagged Black Walnut Furniture, joinery, woodworking, walnut bed, bench
Pictured below is a walnut slab bench that is meant to accompany the headboard-chest bed, also of black walnut.


A detail of the joinery – bridle joints join the legs to the aprons and are pegged, and the stretchers are joined to the aprons with sliding dovetails.


The Bed

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November 24, 2009 at 10:49 pm
· Filed under logging and milling, traditional woodcraft, transfer of energy, woodwork ·Tagged drying lumber, milling lumber, quarter sawn red oak
Below is a stack of mostly quarter sawn red oak Quercus rubra for air drying. There is some green ash under that pile too.

a detail of some of the “ray flecking” on one of the boards.

The stack under cover.

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November 10, 2009 at 3:22 am
· Filed under Drawings, technique and process ·Tagged animal messengers, Jonah and the Whale, Walking Man
Below are some updated photos of the “underdrawing” of the Walking Man and Jonah in the Ancient Ocean panel.

Detail 1

Detail 2

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November 10, 2009 at 2:55 am
· Filed under technique and process ·Tagged egg tempera, Moses, underpainting
This is the egg-tempera under-painting of Moses in the Rocky Cleft panel.

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November 9, 2009 at 4:23 am
· Filed under wooden bowls, woodwork ·Tagged post oak, wooden bowls
Quercus Stellata, Post Oak. Finished with olive oil.


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October 31, 2009 at 1:30 am
· Filed under Drawings, technique and process ·Tagged drawing, Jonah, Jonah and the Whale, Walking Man
In-progress graphite under-drawing on a poplar wood panel of Walking Man over a subterranean ocean with Jonah and the Sea-monster. This will be painted in oils.



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October 24, 2009 at 3:33 am
· Filed under Oil Paintings ·Tagged great horned owl, Heironymos Bosch, oil painting
Below is a photo of the frame for Heironymos Bosch Painting in His Studio. The frame is hard curly maple, cherry, and black walnut. I had troubles capturing a quality photo of the frame. Also pictured are a few new details: a great horned owl, bluebird, and some crows in the right-hand panel, and a plowman leading a pair of oxen on the left-hand panel.




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October 20, 2009 at 2:02 am
· Filed under wooden bowls, woodwork ·Tagged persimmon, wooden bowls
A small bowl turned from green persimmon wood back in september. It has distorted as it dried.

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