● Two Saw Tills
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or a few years I had a couple of saws that I stored in a small saw till or cabinet. I like the term – saw till. It did not take long to add a few more. … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Category: Projects
● Finishing the Bowl
Carving a bowl – The Finish
The push toward finishing the bowl or any project is influenced by many factors. This one started with a fortunate find – a fallen tree – after a summer storm. The log stood … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
◾️ Dipping into the Bowl
Carving a bowl – The Adze
Optimally, carving a bowl requires green wood. The tender wood is still moist enough to yield to sharp tools like axes, adzes, and carving knives. Subsequent moisture release and shrinkage is part of … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● The Beginning of a Bowl
Carving a bowl – The Axe
BOWL: a round container that is open at the top and deep enough to hold water, food, bread, towels, or anything used in daily life by humans. Usually the first items found during archeological digs, … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Altar-Dedication
Waiting for an idea, a symbol, or a sign requires patience and preparation. You have to be ready to receive that molecule of awareness. How do you do that? Well, a thought must already exist in your mind … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
◾️ Altar-Frame
First thing, the Baule door needs a frame. Compared to the width of the cabinet opening, it is much smaller in size. It needs to be built up.
I’ve had a few challenging days in the shop. Surely, I … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Altar-Healing
Could a healing be taking place while my shop altar remains a work in progress? It took a while to get here. The primary joinery – the dovetails – have been cut and dry-fitted. It was not a stress-free … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
◾️ Altar Growth: Joining Together
Growth. That’s what I want. And practice. And doing. Oh yes… and actual experience. All of these lead to the “G” word or growth. How could it not?
My build for the shop altar continues.
I made a list … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Altar-Building
The altar build is slowly showing signs of life. In the last post, Altar Joinery: Making Connections, I delved into a little history about two great empires from pre-colonial Africa. There had to be evidence that would show … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Altar Joinery: Making Connections
Initially, I thought that dovetails or any joinery applied to an African door would be an oxymoron. Would they look way out of line for my shop altar? That is the question. Items crafted in Africa, especially ancient Africa, … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Altar-Origins
What happens today creates tomorrow
I believe that the act of making a personal altar is meditation. That act can be most meaningful when the project is put together with purpose and thought.
Altars play an important role in … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Container Garden Planter
A Tale of the city
Every spring I think about having a container garden. Living in an urban setting has its limitations. If there is no yard, what do you do? I dream of a beautiful backyard garden. I … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞