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…
art
The Newton Chest
I am pleased to share some images of this memorial-hope chest built for a kind family up North. They drove a long road to pick it up this weekend and meet my family and myself. and found the road back with a little less leg room I am afraid. I have sought that my work might be graced to carry God’s blessing for those who are receiving it. I certainly hope this one does. It is a dovetailed chest with drawers featuring an inlaid tree design and an unorthodox lid. The woods were all harvested and milled here in Kansas: black walnut and green ash, with quarter sawn white oak, eastern red cedar, ebonized black walnut, bald cypress and poplar (not from KS).
Walnut and Ash chest
Walnut and Ash Chest
Walnut and Ash chest
The Full Glowing Day
The Un-mixing of Walking Man
Detail of The Un-mixing of Walking Man
When I Go Out I Wear a Disguise, banjo, guitar and midi organ and singing
The Unmixing of Walking Man
drawing table with Walking Man
October Pull
Frosty Morning, traditional, banjo, guitar, mandolin and bones
Drawing
Witness
Coming soon… a new page with a whole lot of drawings! Here are a few to begin with.
Witness
Mikey
Three Beasts
Löffel, Holzarbeiten, Schlange
walnut spoon
walnut spoon
walnut spoon
planing a line
ash
four
solution
rough earth snake (I think)
rough earth – good name
if you like the spoon you can buy it here.
Wood: New Pages
persimmon vessel
Wood, since boyhood, has been a passion. One also shared by my father and grandfather so I had worthy teachers and opportunity. There will ultimately be three pages featuring some examples in each category: Furniture, vessels, bowls and spoons, and structure and milling (yet to come).
woodrick
Walnut Banjo
Visions of Jonah
Walking Man and Jonah of the Ancient Ocean (detail askew)
Medium #2
Cobalt
Tiny, there on the easel after the huge canvas that preceded it.
