● The Packet
Dan Mask Marquetry-Part 2
The marquetry “sandwich” or packet was assembled in the last post, part 1. I designed an image influenced by the African Dan mask. It … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● One Good Year
Getting up early each morning gives me a whole day to think, to laugh, and to be grateful that I can. Many cannot — rest in peace. Some days … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Inspiration for la Ébéniste
I have an idea for a marquetry project. How do I go about getting it done? Sometimes, it is difficult to implement an idea once it appears. Yes, it … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Shop Made Veneer Hammers
The shock of touching a cold metal handle makes my brain react in a very bad way. Never, ever does it bring a smile to my face. I feel … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Dovetail Digestif
Musings on mastery
Why do we linger at the dinner table? It may be that family or cultural tradition demand it. A digestif – a shot of alcohol or … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Dovetail Dessert Guilt-free
Dovetails for dessert
Even if it’s just a dovetail dessert, is this all there is? I’m not necessarily saying, “please, ma’am, can I have some more?” I am glad … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Gathering
Gathering with fellow woodworkers for tool events, lectures, and demonstrations has a dynamic, up-to-date sensibility. To put it simply, they actively enhance shop life. It opens the door to … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
◾️ Saw a Little, Saw a Lot
Dovetails for Dinner
This is part 3 of a 4 part series on sawing and cutting dovetails. Last time, in part 2, I kept putting off starting at … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
◾️ Refuge
Here I am, in my wood shop – my refuge. I think about how I might lift my spirits in the midst of the turmoils of the world. Just … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
◾️ Lay Out and Cut Dovetails
Dovetails for Lunch
Lay out one dovetail. Cut one dovetail. Learn something. Do it again. Last time in part 1, I began a friendly competition with myself with … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Immortal Black Rosies
For each “Black Rosie” who served honorably, bravely, and fittingly under difficult circumstances. 🌹
Black women or Black Rosies were the unacknowledged heroines on the domestic front during World … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞