Over on Cartoon Brew Jerry Beck has cited a rare exhibition of Walt Disney's Carolwood Railroad train in southern California. With the post he's put up a terrific picture of Walt apparently seeing his gift locomotive, the "Lily Belle", for the first time. Three Disney employees involved in crafting...
Show us something that is standing in your way. My son has proclaimed that he wants to be home schooled next year for second grade. At first, I thought it was just a phase. You know, the ansty-end-of-school-year blues? But after much time and much inquiry, he is determined. He is a model student and...
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I am down in Hawkes Bay at David Trubridge studio www.davidtrubridge.com - a design and make studio set up based in the old Whakatu meat packing works: a strangely eerie place full of old and discarded machinery, boilers and unused spaces. David has set up what can only be described as a 'magical...
This is a direct quote from my hubby. He never did get over the cold that he had a few weeks back. Went to his doctor that is waaay to pill happy. He gave him these very strong antibiotics. Yeah. It worked. But it also killed all the other good bacteria and my husband has been having some tummy...
Time-Life Series Books – Over the years Time-Life has published many different series of books. Each series has between 6 to over 40 volumes. While many of them don’t do well on eBay, there are some of the series that seem to sell well when sold as a complete set. Below are the series you should...
I feel another bout of "beautiful obsession" about to hit me. Yes... I have been feeling yucky for a few weeks, but I'll be damned if I let these aches and pains beat me into submission. My muse has been haunting my dreams these past few nights, and I must exorcise the demons, so tomorrow, I'm...
China's Influence On Furniture Today, with the focus of most consumers going green, most prefer simple designs inspired by nature. One of the most popular designs when it comes to that is Chinese. For thousands of years, the Chinese have been designing and crafting simple and ornate furniture which...
X was sick last week; I’m sick this week. I don’t take kindly to her statements that somehow say “I managed to go to law school while sick yet you decide to stay at home and recover.” Actually, that is exactly what she said. I think law school is much more important. A few weeks back X gave...
I finally finished my latest "baby," and here it is... Meet Justice! I did my best with the camera, but it's just impossible to capture the metallic sheen of the wood grain. It is absolutely gorgeous! Even my hubby reckons this is the nicest looking flute I've made so far, but then again, he says...
This morning's flutemaking adventure started out quite well... Unusually well for me actually, considering the fact that Murphy and his law follow me wherever I go and whatever I do!! It was smooth sailing... But then... Something had to give, and give it did!!! A nice piece of celery top pine....
i just read a couple of great entries that sparked my interest. i had a short conversation about this with my friends today. there is a certain type of girl that i don't like. the type of girl that says things like "all my friends are guys, i'm just like a guy, i don't hang out with girls cause...
Well... This post as been a long time coming, but for good reasons. I've been busy as a bee in the springtime (even though we're heading into autumn. LOL!) I gave away (and tremendously regret doing so) the shakuhachi I had created out of jarrah wood... So... I decided to make myself a new one out...
The new Native American style camphor laurel flute I've been working on is progressing nicely. The finger holes have been drilled and it is tuned to the key of E. With D's input, I have opted for the snake as the totem for this little beauty... More precisely, the Sidewinder. I once was told by a...
I was on Everything2 randomly reading posts when I realized how much luckier girls my generation are then boys of the same generation. The post I was reading was from some guy talking about how he can't do one quarter of the things his father can. It goes into several theories as to why and, like...
A jar of Vick's Vaporub! Why? Because I just spent all day working on a new flute, and the wood is camphor laurel. Yup! The same tree that gives us the actual powdery stuff that is camphor (you should see my workshop... What a bloody mess!) This wood is SO soft! Omigosh! I must've sanded back the...
I've managed to do the pyroetching of the Sidewinder on the flute, and the turquoise inlay on the fetish. I've also shellac the inside and outside. It looks reeeeeal guuuuuud! The shellac's shine brings out the amazing shimmering effects of the grain. Unfortunately, all this work amounted to one...
This is a little project I made for my honey, for his birthday. It's an indo board, which is fun to play around on and helps build those core muscles, as well as balance... it helps with those surfing and skating skills. I got the project plan from one of my favorite magazines, ReadyMade. As in...
I've been a busy bee these past few days! As I said in one of my previous posts, the sawdust has been flying in my workshop. And why is that? Because I've been hard at work crafting a new pipe. Black Panther is one of my most important totem. She's always been there, stalking along with me...
If you're worried about getting a job - or keeping one - start a company of your own. By doing so, you'll reap the rewards of your hard work and you'll only get fired if you fail. This is the land of opportunity. Live in it. --Bruce Campell Actor best known for B-movies such as The Evil Dead After...
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