Spiral stair in Hedge (Maclura pomifera, bodark, bois d’ark, osage orange). Designed by my friend Cody to join a 100 year old barn basement to the floor above. The barn, just outside of Fall River, got hit by a twister about 4-5 years ago and is now being rebuilt as a workshop and living quarters. The stair isn’t officially finished, we already have a list of things we want to change, but this is it in it’s first state.
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Wet!
A thing it is not often during the month of August in Kansas, especially the past few years.
I am not the only one enjoying the saturated ground.
Out on a Limb
I am stepping out on a limb. This time it is about the song. I have no realistic aims at professional musicianship. I tend towards the traditions where music was a social or intimate art form practiced by amateurs who spent more time in the dirt than the conservatory. That maybe a justification for a poorer quality than what is available, so be it, but it seems important to share a little more than just fragments. The song is called Good Father.
The drawings are for Rima, Thank you for the honor.
Out on a Limb
Not One Bone Was Broken
Faun
Prairie Chicken
Coming Soon
Come back next week for more.
Sangreal
From the Song of the Ancient, here is a small turned and carved vessel in black walnut and osage orange. The idea isn’t fully formed or unified, but it is advancing. As the yellow osage wood ages it will turn a deep red-orange, nearly as dark as the walnut.
Luminous Earth
Those of you who are regular visitors know I have been slowly overhauling the pages here at The School of the Transfer of Energy. If you are new, know you know too. There are still some pages to rebuild, but for the latest, please take a few moments to visit the new Painting page. This has been perhaps the most personally interesting page to remake. Seeing so many of my paintings re ordered and in a fresh context has been revealing. Below are a few samples. I hope you enjoy them, and thank you for visiting. -Jack
The Ancient Ocean (detail) (in progress)
Jonah (1998)
Go On, John the Baptist (2008)
all images are held in copyright by Jack Baumgartner. use by permission only
Walking Man Within the Sea
Late May, Part 2
yarrow
bead-board miter
choppings
alfalfa stack
40 lbs
barn-wood cabinet door
gauging
marking tails
coping out the waste
winter pea blossom
butcher’s block
Jonah from behind
Late May, Part 1
Here is a song to enjoy with these photos from around New Boaz in late May.Desert Ladder, banjo.
cultivating on the wd
phlox
retro fitted wheel-hoe
asparagus
greenhouse
the shop lean-to in the evening
peening a salvaged scythe blade
stacking hay on the rack
flathead season
Cabinet door for the Bighorn River Lodge
joining ash
sawing dovetails in ash
Jonah on the easel
The Puppet Pages
I have completed and installed four different pages about puppetry for The School of the Transfer of Energy. The main page is under the work heading, hover over it and there are three additional pages, including drawings, and the script for The Two Deaths of John Beartrist Laceroot. I hope you enjoy them, and thank you for visiting.
Mystichearingus Wolf and Walking Man, 2011
John Beartrist Laceroot is a tree with branches on his arms and a leaves on his head, photo by Annie Stone
The battle with Ultraprecarious Cathartes Aura
The battle with Ultraprecarious Cathartes Aura, photo by Annie Stone
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