(WARNING: this post contains chicken nudity and other images associated with the butchering of poultry)
I had so much excellent help from four amazing people that I felt like Tom Sawyer on fence painting day.
The next generation
The early stages of a stout white oak and black walnut supper-eating table.
kentucky coffee tree
white oak
locust
locust rim
black walnut
crabapple
crabapple base
cherry spoon
cherry spoon
kentucky coffee tree
kentucky coffee tree
kentucky coffee tree
black walnut
additional photo credits, including the opening flower, go to DCR
Slowly carving away at a block of linoleum featuring Obed Edom and the Ark of God’s covenant with Israel.
Small Rain
There is the first part of an interview about my Puppet Theater here at UK artist, Clive Hicks-Jenkins’ blog if you would like to check it out. Thanks everyone for the visits.
see, I raised this one up for you
from beginning to end
I led him to slaughter
he fed my community, my family and neighbors, your mother, brothers and sisters
this ancient, the second biggest cottonwood in my land stood by as a witness to the shedding of blood
thank you to my friend Brad for some of the pictures this week
Black walnut spoon with carving and ebonizing. It is for sale if you would like it.
Osage Orange long handled spoon. It too is for commerce.
Here is a little of that walnut spoon before it was finished. The black or ebonizing is made by brushing a little bit of vinegar that has iron oxide (rust) dissolved in it. It reacts with tannic acid in wood and turns black on contact.
Now that our does have freshened with the wholesome milk of provision we have soap abounding. It’s good stuff. 
The School of the Transfer of Energy 