Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't.
Sometimes a philosophical thought can come out of no where!





Then again sometimes it don't! LOL

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Can I get some smiles today?

Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply must do things. -Ray Douglas Bradbury

When I am in my shop and about to start another project I will often times just get a piece of wood to carve,not looking any further than the size of the project. I will spend a very short amount of time looking it over and sometimes no time at all. I grab a carving gouge and take out a few slices ...not for any real reason at all. Then look again at the piece and see if I "see" anything in its shape. I will do this many times until out of the nothingness I see something. I then proceed to remove all unwanted wood from the piece until I have a finished carving.

This may sound weird,but I get my best carvings from doing just this. When I think to long I have a project that sits there unfinished for months.

Now this isn't the same way I tackle a furniture piece. I will plan out a bookcase or box quite extensively. But I am always open to a new idea even as I am building. I stay open for that inspiration in case it hits. I always want to build that something special that makes everyone say"Damn that is so Cool!"

Just some insight into my process.....

Thanks for looking....

And now a few projects of mine!
This first one is some charms I have been working on..these are the first ones and are prototypes...


This is one of the charms made into a necklace...

This is a restoration I did last month. The state this thing was in was deplorable. You will have to take my word for that since I forgot to get a before pic LOL

This was a gift for my niece. It is woodburned and painted with acrylic....


And this is me in my shop,With my fav cap on hehehe


These are just a few things I have been doing lately.... I will definately post more very soon !!!
Thanks for looking......

Well since I haven't said much lately about my creative side,thought I would today. I was going to take a walk with everyone,but that has been done before and to a much better degree than I could by TWL!!!!
So I am taking you on a tour of my shop....
this is my band saw

This my my main carving bench and joinery cutting bench ,built this one about 2 years ago and going strong..

This is another workbench,mainly for my power tools and close up detail work..

This is just some shelving i have to house some tools and my antique hand planes...

My table saw and my 2 benches behind...on top of my saw is a chess board I am owrking on for my son

This is my assembly table..current project on it is an antique picture frame(finished today as a matter of fact )

This is a look down the other side of the shop,my main visitor sitting area where my neighbor shop buddy comes over and chats,and my mitre saw

This is my shop partners bench which I helped build almost a year ago. Roubo Bench in style and weighing in at around 475 lbs.

And of course if any of you know me...my coffee pot!!!!! and radio hehehe


This is where I spend some of my time off and let my creativity fly!! I hope to show you some of my projects out of here soon!!!
Thanks for looking......

There are two ways of spreading light:to be the candle or the mirror that receives it. - Edith Wharton

Well I am still a traveler and I don't know where
I live. If my home is here,
inside my breast,
light it up!
And I will invite you in as my first guest. -John Logan

To bad that all the people that know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair. -George Burns

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I found a chair I want to duplicate! As if I don't have enough projects already lol! This is called a librariens chair. It is a chair to be used at a library table or desk. Then a simple flip and it becomes a step ladder to reach that long lost volume of forgotten lore! Made from mahogany it harkens back to a time of research in the library.....remember them? this would be a fun project to make and use. Even tho I do have the one in the picture LOL . I want one I made!!.....hmmm perhaps a carving on it somewhere

I seen this during my day today ,thought everyone would like to see as well...


Thought this guy looked gorgeous!


this is the rest of his group!