The School of the Transfer of Energy

Adze Ash, Carry Cottonwood

Posted in logging and milling, traditional woodcraft, transfer of energy, woodwork by jackbaumgartner on January 25, 2012

In The Shop (Accidental Tourist)

Posted in art, Bone Meal Bread, design, technique and process, transfer of energy, woodwork by jackbaumgartner on January 10, 2012

rescued starling; walnut and ash candlesticks; neighbor’s gear and cedar table project 

New Frames

Posted in art, design, Oil Paintings, transfer of energy, woodwork by jackbaumgartner on January 8, 2012

Mulberry frame for Moses.

Cedar and Ash frame for Jacob.

 

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Rustic Rocker in Eastern Red Cedar

Posted in design, logging and milling, technique and process, transfer of energy, woodwork by jackbaumgartner on December 20, 2011

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Cantilevered rocking chair in Eastern Red Cedar.  Yet to be oiled in these photos, but I like the softness and light on the forms of the unfinished cedar.

 

Wormy Persimmon Bowl

Posted in wooden bowls, woodwork by jackbaumgartner on October 21, 2011

Two shots of a wormy persimmon bowl.  It took hours with a small pick to clean the sawdust compacted in the cavities.

Past Weeks Work

Posted in traditional woodcraft, transfer of energy, woodwork by jackbaumgartner on October 7, 2011

 

 

Cedar Bar In Progress

Posted in technique and process, transfer of energy, woodwork by jackbaumgartner on September 19, 2011

Middle stages of an eastern red cedar bar designed with my associate.

Spoons

Posted in traditional woodcraft, transfer of energy, woodwork by jackbaumgartner on August 31, 2011

Ten spoons in black walnut, osage orange and soft maple.  Carved in the past month under a mulberry tree with axe and knife.

Soft maple, osage orange, and walnut.

Osage orange.

Roman “V” signograph.

Ash and Walnut Headboards

Posted in design, technique and process, woodwork by jackbaumgartner on August 23, 2011

Working out the first of  a series of headboards in ash and walnut.

What relationships work?

Fitting the scribed pieces.

Possible locations for butterflies.

Detail of scribed “joint”.

Walnut Long-Table, and Framed Print of Job

Posted in art, prints, traditional woodcraft, woodwork by jackbaumgartner on August 8, 2011

Below are some views of the walnut long-table as well as a colored print of “Go On, Job, Bread and Water” framed in walnut for my friend.

 

 

 

 

 

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