Sunday, December 21, 2014

Christmas 2014 Bowls

Here is a group of bowls that came from local McLean and Vienna trees.

The series of weeping cherry bowls came from Vienna, VA during a snowstorm a few years ago. Riley and I ventured onto unplowed roads to pick up some monster rounds and load them into the truck. Given the effort and back-breaking deadlifts, I was hoping that they'd turn out this gorgeous. I'm really happy with them. Amazing color and grain swirl.

The maple bowls came from a local neighborhood tree that a company was taking down. I tried something new with them. They are finished with a triple dye technique. Black dye, followed by teal, followed by yellow. The result is a really cool green that has an iridescent quality. Really fun finish technique that I'm sure to try again with some future bowls.

I hope you enjoy the fruits of my labor over the past two years.

Let me know as soon as possible if you want to claim one for your own. Happy holidays to all of my biggest fans.

1. Weeping cherry bowl - 9.5" x 3" - $50

2. SOLD Weeping cherry bowl - 7.5" x 2.5" - $40

3. SOLD Weeping cherry bowl - 6.5" x 3.5" - $40

4. SOLD Weeping cherry bowl - 5.5" x 3.5" - $35

5. SOLD Weeping cherry bowl - 9.75" x 3.5" - $50

6. SOLD Weeping cherry bowl - 7.5" x 2.5" - $40

7. SOLD Weeping cherry mini bowl - 5.25" x 2" - $30

8. Triple dyed maple mini bowl - 5.25" x 2" - $30

9. Triple dyed maple mini bowl - 5" x 2" - $30

10. Triple dyed maple mini bowl - 5.5" x 2" - $30

11. Triple dyed maple bowl - 7.75" x 2.5" - $40

12. Triple dyed maple bowl - 9" x 4" - $50

As with my cutting boards, please check dimensions before buying. First email claiming each bowl gets the bowl. I will do my best to mark these as sold to avoid confusion.

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Friday, May 23, 2014

Here fishy fishy fishy

I've been busy in the shop, trying my hand at making fishing lures. Really fun project that has kept me busy over the past few months. I'm hoping that I'm at the point where I've learned all of the beginner's mistakes the hard way. Plenty of flaws in the finishes, but still lifelike enough to catch lazy fish.

A few of them have actually caught fish, and I guess that's all I could ask for.