I have been pretty busy during the past few month and haven't had very much time in the shop. Work has been busy, and I have been taking some welding and metal fabricating classes in the evenings. I've always been interested in metal work, both as a method for constructing and customizing my own woodworking tools, and as a decorative element to merge with my wood art. I
haven't quite figured out how to do that yet, but am having fun thinking over the possibilities. In the meantime I have been learning a lot about metal as a
material and metalwork in general, and have been outfitting an area in the shop
with some nice metalworking equipment (always fun to get some more tools).
It was really great to find a little time these past couple of weeks to get back to some woodworking. These are some in process pictures of my latest piece. Its a little Sycamore and African Blackwood box, carved with an Escher-type pattern called a tessellation. His work has always appealed to me, and it seems to add a lot of interest, and to my eye at least, works well on these small pieces.
haven't quite figured out how to do that yet, but am having fun thinking over the possibilities. In the meantime I have been learning a lot about metal as a
material and metalwork in general, and have been outfitting an area in the shop
with some nice metalworking equipment (always fun to get some more tools).
It was really great to find a little time these past couple of weeks to get back to some woodworking. These are some in process pictures of my latest piece. Its a little Sycamore and African Blackwood box, carved with an Escher-type pattern called a tessellation. His work has always appealed to me, and it seems to add a lot of interest, and to my eye at least, works well on these small pieces.
#1. Pattern sized. #2. Carving done and taped for painting. #3. Background india inked to ready for painting. #4. Brush painting and airbrushing done.