woodwork

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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Spoon Root

Pear and osage.  Pot and spoon.  Turn and carve.  Root and hold.  Turn to bread.

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carven pear wood spoon

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roots grab earth

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grow tall

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charred a little for contrast

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carved with prairie dwellers

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wheat and bluestem on an osage vessel

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also burned a little prairie fire

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with the remnants of earlier dwellers

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light as a feather

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another pear wood spoon

         

The Newton Chest

Newton Chest front bw

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).

Walnut and Ash chest
Walnut and Ash Chest
Walnut and Ash chest

October Pull

Frosty Morning, traditional, banjo, guitar, mandolin and bones
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Löffel, Holzarbeiten, Schlange

walnut spoon

walnut spoon

walnut spoon

walnut spoon

walnut spoon

walnut spoon

planing a line

planing a line

ash

ash

four

four

solution

solution

rough earth snake

rough earth snake (I think)

rough earth - good name

rough earth – good name

if you like the spoon you can buy it here.

Wood: New Pages

persimmon vessel

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).

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woodrick

Walnut Banjo

Walnut Banjo

The Ascent of Maclura pomifera

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Spiral stair in Hedge (Maclura pomifera, bodark, bois d’ark, osage orange).  Designed by my friend Cody to join a 100 year old barn basement to the floor above.  The barn, just outside of Fall River, got hit by a twister about 4-5 years ago and is now being rebuilt as a workshop and living quarters.  The stair isn’t officially finished, we already have a list of things we want to change, but this is it in it’s first state.