Arcs flow seamlessly across a transition point if their radii align there in a straight line. — George Walker and Jim Tolpin, By Hound and Eye If you read the quote above and said, “Huh?,” it’s because you haven’t seen … Continue reading
I recently completed the green-carving stage of a walnut bowl. This log was twenty-seven inches long with heartwood about fifteen inches wide. I wanted the rim of the bowl to sweep gently downward from the handles to the middle. When … Continue reading
The question of measuring beauty — that is objective assessment beyond “Very nice,” “Exquisite,” “This appeals to me” — has troubled scholars and other laymen at least from the time of the Greeks. And, beginning with the Greek philosophers, there … Continue reading
I recently completed this commission for a goose-inspired bowl in walnut. In some ways it may seem to be quite a departure from a “regular” bowl form, but the process is essentially the same. As is typical, I work … Continue reading
Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other. –Victor Hugo An ellipse is an endlessly adaptable shape that … Continue reading
