black walnut

Spring Bowls

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kentucky coffee tree

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white oak

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locust

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locust rim

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black walnut

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crabapple

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crabapple base

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cherry spoon

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cherry spoon

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kentucky coffee tree

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black walnut

Spout Root Spoon Route

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Black walnut spoon with carving and ebonizing.  It is for sale if you would like it.

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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.

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Now that our does have freshened with the wholesome milk of provision we have soap abounding.  It’s good stuff. spout root05 spout root06

Brought Low

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.

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The Newton Chest

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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).

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Walnut and Ash Chest
Walnut and Ash chest

Turnings in Walnut, Cypress, and Crabapple

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little cypress vessel

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little cypress vessel

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little cypress vessel

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walnut bowl with foot

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walnut bowl rim detail

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noyer bol à pied

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crabapple vessel

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crabapple vessel

These are all available over at Baumwerk.

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.