There are two new cribbage boards on my Gallery page. Both are presently for sale and they will be the last two available this year. Click on any image to view the product details. In Other News I'm sure you saw my insane 140-piece puzzle that I posted last weekend. It's so complex that even … Continue reading More Cribbage Boards Now, More Puzzles Soon
Eleven months ago, two planemakers decided to each build a scrub plane simultaneously and share progress pictures along the way. It was later dubbed the Scrub Plane Build-Off. The two planemakers were Scott Meek and I. The Inspiration On Saturday, I was tidying up in the shop and noticed that my shop stool was in … Continue reading The Shop Stool Build-Off
When not required to make something that meets a certain set of criteria, I am free to let the design evolve on its own. Sometimes (but not often), I end up making nothing more than scrap wood and sawdust. That's how it goes sometimes. I feel that this quote embodies my philosophy on making speculative … Continue reading How I Prefer to Make Speculative Work
Last week was the final week of November, which meant it was the deadline for Anniversary Box pre-orders. I readied them for shipment and sent out invoices to collect the balance of the $50 to complete payment. Shipping began yesterday. If you made a $5 deposit but have not received an invoice for the remaining $45, please … Continue reading Anniversary Box Wrap-Up
Just a reminder that you have until the end of this Saturday (November 30) to take advantage of my introductory pricing for the cherry Anniversary Box. For $50, you get one Anniversary Box, which includes shipping and handling within North America. If that's not enough incentive, $5 goes towards the Canadian Cancer Society. I will … Continue reading Last Week to Pre-Order an Anniversary Box
Februrary 14, 2013, I presented at Coquitlam's PechaKucha Night, held at the Evergreen Cultural Centre. The video was recorded and edited by Geoff Scott of Tri-Cities Community TV. These were the slides I used to guide my presentation. If you would like to support Tri-Cities Community TV and other local programming, you can leave a response … Continue reading My PechaKucha Night Presentation
Up for grabs is one $20 gift certificate for Blue Spruce Toolworks with an expiration date of December 31, 2013. If you would like this $20 gift certificate, please leave a comment below by midnight of Friday, November 22. In your comment, tell me what you would do with the twenty bucks as well as … Continue reading Overflow, Part XV
I was really happy and excited when I completed my latest piece of artwork, Art Frame, and hung it on the wall. I felt that the beautiful frame around the plain white, textured paper would create intrigue and discussion. I was confident that it would quickly become the most talked-about piece of art in our house. … Continue reading Is This Abuse of Art?
Last weekend, I had a display of my Anniversary Boxes at the Eastside Culture Crawl. My good friend, Judson (Jud) Beaumont (owner of Straight Line Designs, Inc.), let me use one corner of his shop.I did my best to show everybody (it was a really, really busy show!) how the gravity lock of my Anniversary … Continue reading The Eastside Culture Crawl at the Straight Line Designs, Inc. Studio
I created these slides of my work to show at the Eastside Cultural Crawl. The event takes place this evening, tomorrow and Sunday. I will be in the Straight Line Designs workshop Saturday November 16 from 11am-6pm, located on the second floor of Parker Street Studios, #260-1000 Parker Street, Vancouver. I hope to see you … Continue reading 2013 Culture Crawl Slides
