Working for and in collaboration with my friend, Cody, we have been preparing waney-edged planks and slabs of eastern red cedar and black walnut for loft and stair railings and countertops, while making much fodder for the compost pile.
art
Quiet Giants
Copper and Oil
The printing of the 1st and 2nd state proofs of The Flying Fish of Provision copperplate engraving.
Thanks to my son for his help photographing when my hands were inky.
Beasts of the Waters
…So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded… NKJV
Cu
The Deeping Cold outside says to me, “Jack, it is a good time be indoors cutting copper into the flying fish of provision.”
“Indeed!” says I, “but let us not forget those who toil without such comfort.”
“Verily!” says the Deeping Cold.
bevel
edge dust
the transition
gouache
upon which to draw
cultivators
scribe
awe
hard meets soft
line upon line
slowly slowly
Spoon Root
Pear and osage. Pot and spoon. Turn and carve. Root and hold. Turn to bread.
carven pear wood spoon
roots grab earth
grow tall
charred a little for contrast
carved with prairie dwellers
wheat and bluestem on an osage vessel
also burned a little prairie fire
with the remnants of earlier dwellers
light as a feather
another pear wood spoon
ICT Winter Bazaar
We’ll be at the ICT Winter Bazaar in the form of BaumWerk selling woodenware and goats milk soap this weekend along with many other local craftspeople and business. For more information go here
Here is a nice article about the organizer, Bridgit Yinger.
November Fire Morning
Mighty Good Building, guitar
glass
light
flow
heart
cluster
veil
plane
shape
reveal
return
lantern
generous
boundary
three
grasp
watch
follow
wait
with
voice
energy
horizon
fire
till
draw
stagger
ridge
bound
ancient
held
enfold
slowly
hope
Of Past and Future Prints
Plenty of two-dimensional work today: First, some hand-colored prints of Jacob Wrestling the Angel of God. A few of these are available if they strike you. Next, are some studies for a large, 18″ x 12″, lino-cut of Obed Edom. Finally, a few more prints and drawings.
Four hand-colored Jacobs on the table
Hand-colored Jacob, version 1 (sold)
Color
Coloring
Hand-colored Jacob, version 2
Evening light (The Golden Corridor)
Hand-colored Jacob, version 3
Obed Edom Studies
I Chose You, Obed Edom (Preparatory drawing for a large scale lino-cut)
Cherubim and Eye
Earlier version of Obed Edom
Obed Edom with a sprig of cedar
head studies
Walking Man Becomes a Tree, sketch for copper-plate engraving
Go On, Job, Bread & Water, for sale on Etsy
Goshen Ewe-Lamb, 3-color lino-cut, for sale on Etsy
Finally and thankfully, I was engaged by the keen and mysterious richness of this astonishing poem , from Tom Hirons yesterday. As a rule, I generally do not to link to other work here, so Sometimes a Wild God represents an exception.
Mike Schultz in Thailand
Mike Schultz is an old and good friend of mine who is returning to Mae Sot, Thailand on the border with Burma. He will be working with the Puzzlebox Art Studio, teaching arts and crafts skills, but he says it better than I do…
The School of the Transfer of Energy 