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Monthly Archives: August 2017
Flute Playing
I really admire people that can play musical instruments, all the more since I’ve tried to do so myself — with poor results. For the past couple months, I’ve been playing around with a penny whistle, and you should hear … Continue reading
Posted in bowls, cherry, holding, layout, patterns, tools, Uncategorized
Tagged carved flutes, carving flutes, fluted bowl, penny whistle, tin whistle
11 Comments
Send Off Shaving Bowl
Next week, my son will be going off to college for the first time, so I’ve made him a practical gift as he heads to the dorm. In his brief shaving career, he has become accustomed to lathering his face … Continue reading
Posted in bowls, carving, cherry, Uncategorized
Tagged shaving bowl, shaving soap, wooden shave bowl
22 Comments
There’s No Blemish
In nature there’s no blemish but the mind, None can be called deformed but the unkind. — William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act III, scene iv As I was cutting and collecting this storm-fallen silver maple, I noticed in the end-grain … Continue reading
Posted in bowls, finding wood, Lettering, quotes and excerpts, Uncategorized
Tagged maple bowl, shakespeare quote, There's no blemish, Twelfth Night
18 Comments