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.
Sangreal Vessel 1A

Sangreal Vessel 1F

Sangreal Vessel 1C

Sangreal Vessel 1D

Sangreal Vessel 1G

Sangreal Vessel 1E

Sangreal Vessel 1B

Late May, Part 2

yarrow

yarrow

bead-board miter

bead-board miter

choppings

choppings

alfalfa stack

alfalfa stack

40 lbs

40 lbs

barn-wood cabinet door

barn-wood cabinet door

gauging

gauging

marking tails

marking tails

coping out the waste

coping out the waste

winter pea blossom

winter pea blossom

butcher's block

butcher’s block

Jonah from behind

Jonah from behind

Morels, Sangreal, Forge and Tree

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The End of the Valley, guitar, accordion, fiddle and banjo.

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A Portrait of the Workshop in April

The provision for me in my shop this past week:  cutting dovetails in black walnut for a chest, some goat-milk and lime paint for the butcher block legs, and finishing up the milling of the mighty locust.