Authentic Nautical Accessories, and Custom Furnishings
Last week, I got a snarky post from a dude who put down my carving, my stories, and even my little greenhouse workshop. He also pointed out that my political views were just mundane and made some vaguely threatening quips. I'm not sure that this person ever got the message that the Blogosphere, " is …
Here's what I stated last year when I replied to this same prompt: "As I style myself as a ship's carver, I can see myself as an apprentice in the shops of McIntire, Bellamy, Robb, or one of the Skillins brothers. When I visit the Mystic Seaport or Salem's Peabody Essex Museum, I find myself …
Figureheads get lots of attention in maritime museum exhibits. There are even museum collections of figureheads lost at sea. Often, the names of the ships they graced are unknown. If we knew, we could reconstruct a travelogue of all the ports they'd seen. But many ships lacked figureheads. The old figure went overboard in a …
"Yes, sir. We'll haul it over to Joe's, but if you ask me, it will take more than a great mechanic to put that baby back on the road!"
When I lived in Baltimore many years ago, I was a regular visitor at the Walters Gallery. I'd make a beeline to display a case that held miniature carvings done in boxwood. Tiny, precise, and beautiful. I was beginning my journey as a carver, and I took inspiration from those carvings about what was possible …
Yes, I am "older than dirt." I remember not only the days before the internet but also those when computers were behemoths that required buildings to house them. Yep, the horse-and-buggy days of modern technology. I love the resources that the technology has put within my reach. And I fervently pray that I will never …
I have no idea what the mileage would be, but you certainly would be noticed if you drove up in this baby! Seen this weekend at the local garden center.
I don't get it. The photos of people's studios are so neat and clean. Do people work at art and craft there? Sure, I clean up (eventually), but making something out of wood requires removing shavings, chips, and dust. The essence is removal; all that removal has to go somewhere - the bench and the …
Stream of Consciousness Saturday - April 27, 2024 Next weekend, I'll be showing my work along with other local artists in the Cultural Council's spring art exhibit. As a result, I am going through boxes of stuff left over from the last actual show I did two years ago. There is a range of goodies …
This little folk art-style angel is a sort of Christmas-time dreamcatcher. It swings above our Christmas tree every year. I carved it one winter years ago when the kids were still little.
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