persimmon vessel
Wood, since boyhood, has been a passion. One also shared by my father and grandfather so I had worthy teachers and opportunity. There will ultimately be three pages featuring some examples in each category: Furniture, vessels, bowls and spoons, and structure and milling (yet to come).
woodrick
Walnut Banjo
A few images of some recently completed spoons. Two are pear with relief carving and one is a smooth finished figured walnut. All three are for sale here.
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.
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
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
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
We opened up an Etsy store a recently called BaumWerk. As you can see, it is a convenient place to purchase prints and woodwork from me. We even have some of my wife’s goat’s milk soap as well, made with the help of our small flock of nubians. We welcome you to stop in.
Here are the results of my collaboration with some beetle larvae on a piece of persimmon.
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