This scribble, when I do it, is my initials, that are my signature on every chair I build. BUT it's actually great art, the work of my calligrapher friend and collaborator, Debi Zeinert of the Blooming Quill. Click on it to see Debi's work
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One of a kind creations in wood . . .
Art in Wood
Wood has always intrigued me. Starting with orange crates from the corner market, my interest and opportunities grew slowly. A project for my girls with pine from the lumber yard and borrowed tools, picking up a used tool now and again. It was a chance encounter with a friend that clicked all kinds of switches in my head - we attempted to make ski-waxing benches out of hard maple. The project was less than successful, but the friend, Phil Van Valkenberg was trained as a machinist: he pointed out to me that precision machining principles could apply to wood - what has followed is a great adventure fueled by curiosity and challenges.
"Just because a tree appears dead, has fallen over, or been damaged, doesn't mean it's life is over. I'll find something that it can become so that it can live another hundred years - maybe more"