AUTION: this post contains a photo of a shop with actual sawdust, woodchips, and shavings. It does not have a router table or a table saw. This extreme realism may trigger subscribers to woodworking magazines!
the summer shop
Zaida “sits” for her portrait
This is my second run at the Steam Yacht Zaida. I've used different techniques and am more satisfied with the outcome.
Flashback Friday – from June of 2019 – One Of A Kind Eagle
There are always variations on old standards. Some are even improvements.
Paper and Scissors
I found the wood sitting in the shorts at my favorite hardwood dealer. It was very dark, heavy, and dense. It was mahogany but so dark and heavy that I felt it was a wayward piece of Dominican, not Honduran. It was just what I wanted.
Forgotten Tools
Every craft has a few tools that seem so insignificant and ordinary that we pass over them when discussing how we work.
Easy
wanted to make a small joke birthday present for a friend. I did the lettering on the Epilog laser in about ten minutes. It took more time to resaw and plane the native cherry wood for the sign blank than for the laser to execute the design.
Deals!!!!
I consider rebates to be a kind of iniquity. I must send in the information electronically or by mail, wait until it is verified, and wait until the rebate is redeemed. Frequently this takes so long that I am left trying to figure out where the check for $1.98 came from.
How It Works
The popular press and media like to paint human creativity as extraordinary "aha!' sort of moments. And I guess that some creative insights do fall into that category.
A Calm Sea
've done a number of these signs. Being that I often carve for a sea-loving clientele, the themes relate to life aboard and on the water. Each sign is graced with an individually hand-carved sloop, schooner, or other vessels.
Commissions
The new commission was a little banner for a sloop. It would be divided into two. One part gets placed to the port of the rudder, and the other to the starboard side. Unfortunately, it didn't quite balance at seven letters - Sea Lion - with Sea to port and Lion to starboard.
Louis N. Carreras, Woodcarver 
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