I tried my hand at turning a square bowl. The corners of the bowl become wings that have this cool look. I’m using mine for a candle holder, but this would be great as a valet for car keys, or to hold nuts & candies. I need to turn a few more of these. I’ve been […]
There’s a folk art that was especially popular in the New England states called “Lath Art.” Basically, these folk artists would take strips of lath from lath and plaster walls and make pictures out of them. They sometimes will also recycle old lobster traps for the same purpose. Typically, the pictures were rural or nautical […]
Here is a fun project. A buddy of mine really likes the Fallout game. So I thought I’d make a Fallout themed bottle opener with cap catcher. I decided I’d do a Vault Boy image on the bottle opener and distress it so it looks like it made it through the apocalypse. I used a […]
I started live streaming from my workshop on Twitch in their creative channel. Twitch is a video game live streaming service where like-minded folks gather to chat and watch each other play games. Not too long ago, they opened up a creative channel where Twitch members can show the stuff they make. They do all […]
My wife and I are tea drinkers. We’re not obsessive about tea. But we do enjoy 3-4 cups of tea each week. Instead of keeping bags of our favorite tea in an ugly cardboard box, I made this tea caddy. I used a cedar fence board. I cut all of the pieces at the table […]
