Sawdust Bed

September 13, 2016

An odd shape for a Sawdust bed. I didn't want to cut the scrap wood base that I had so I framed it up as it was and filled it with about an inch of sawdust. The sawdust will conform to the uneven surface on the newly re-sawn alabaster to prevent cracking and breaking during the pressure from my sanding and ...

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Leave for One Second

September 13, 2016

Leave for one second and Ebee takes over my spot..!! Notice any similarity to the Gauguin sculpture below? and then, about an hour later...I get up and come back ...

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Flat File

September 09, 2016

I started this 8 drawer flat file about 2 years ago. Paper storage was the main reason I began to build it but the new DHR commission is the reason for it's completion. It measures 42" x 52" x 29" and is big enough and stout enough to hold the slim alabaster panels that I will create over the next two years. I built it upside down without a plan but enjoyed making it up and problem solving as I ...

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Circle Cutter

September 09, 2016

I purchased this beautiful tool from the Luthier Len Lentourneau in Canada. He's also a machinist and makes a few Luthier tools of which this is an incredible example. It has everything you want in a heirloom tool; intelligent design, precision, quality materials, and weight. ...

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Leopold Weiss Ciacona

September 05, 2016

Click the link below. Gaëlle Solal plays a nice Weiss MasterClass Gaëlle Solal Silvius Leopold Weiss, Ciaccona suite

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Strongback

August 14, 2016

This is the Strongback/workbench to build a rowing shell. It is 22' x 1'4". The scull is or will be Graeme King's Kingfisher. ...

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After Pegasus

August 06, 2016

A large money piece loosely inspired by Jean Basquiat's Pegasus. All of the ink has been removed from the reverse side of this large 91" x 90" sheet of money. You see the back side here just as I've finished collaging the bills and the cats have decided to inspect the work. This took about a month to assemble. I would like to develop this project within a crowdfunding framework and create a ...

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