The School of the Transfer of Energy

New Three Legged Stool

Posted in traditional woodcraft, woodwork by jackbaumgartner on February 20, 2010

Pictured is a recently completed stool made from red oak and black walnut, harvested from Boaz, near Fall River.

Walking Man and Jonah Underpainting

Posted in Oil Paintings, technique and process by jackbaumgartner on February 12, 2010

Here is the beginnings of the under-painting -the first layer of many layers of paint- of the Walking Man section of the panel depicting Walking Man tromping across the ancient ocean and Jonah in the ancient ocean.

a poor shot of the entire panel

Osage Orange Bowls

Posted in wooden bowls, woodwork by jackbaumgartner on February 12, 2010

Here is an osage orange, or hedge bowl.  It developed a small crack in the sapwood during drying.

Another osage bowl in various stages on the lathe.

Chair Repair

Posted in technique and process, traditional woodcraft, woodwork by jackbaumgartner on February 8, 2010

Repairing a hickory and oak chair that was brought to me with a broken front leg.

Riven white oak leg, turned on the lathe then bent green in the form.

Marking the tenon on the top of the leg.

Splitting the waste from the tenon with a chisel.

Cleaning up the tenon with a rasp.

Workbench top with the leg and tools.

Drilling the holes for the stretchers with a brace.

The chair with its new leg.

New Work For Sale Page

Posted in prints, transfer of energy by jackbaumgartner on February 2, 2010

The Work For Sale page has been updated with new work and clearer descriptions of the items.  Current pieces for  sale are prints.  There will also be some bowls added over the next few weeks.

Jacob Wrestling the Angel of God, 2009,  signed edition of40 prints

lino-cut printed on acid free rag paper; image size is 7.5″x9.5″ and paper size is 11″x15″

$50.oo

Walnut Burin Handles

Posted in prints, technique and process, woodwork by jackbaumgartner on February 1, 2010

After snapping the shaft of my smallest lozenge shaped burin, I now have two with longer handles to makeup the distance left by the shortened steel.

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