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Onforan

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Prairie Creek Dining Table in white oak and black walnut.

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Red Elm window sill and shelf moving from rough to smooth.

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and being joined longways.

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Obed Edom is getting his finishing touches.

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A test print is pulled to see what needs adjusting.

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John Beartrist Laceroot is stirring.

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Clive Hicks Jenkins has posted the second part of an interview with me about The School of the Transfer of Energy Puppet Theater here.  Thank you Clive.

 

White Oak and Cherry

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A bowl for Clive, a mantle for Tanner, and a spoon and a saddle (I am only responsible for the plaque, which is in hedge and walnut) for Harold.  This weeks bonus image is a little tree frog freshly emerged from my son’s tadpole nursery.  I trust you’ll forgive so many images of one bowl when you consider how stunning the character of the grain is from every angle.

Spring Bowls

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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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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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spout root15Osage Orange long handled spoon.  It too is for commerce.

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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