Went a bit thin on the bottom this time. But it's ok other than that I think I'll try cutting it out and gluing in a plug in a contrasting color. No one will know it was a mistake except me and you. #woodworking #woodturning #woops

My second hand made, hand drawn brush. This time a scrubber with a back to cover up the wire stitching that holds the bristles in. Oak, sapele, tampico fiber, brass wire and some glue. #woodworking #brushmaking #historicalcrafts #crafts #brush #kitchenware

My first finished brush. I guess it's a bench brush. What could it be useful for? Maybe cut the bristles shorter and it would be a hair brush? Sapele, tampico fiber, brass wire, boiled linseed oil #woodworking #brushmaking #historicalcrafts #crafts #brush #naturalfiber

First experiment with brush drawing, which is evidently what this process of securing bristles in place with wire is called. Hand carved sapele body with tampico bristles stitched in place with brass wire. No glue. Very pleased so far. #woodworing #brushmaking #historicalcrafts

I was feeling sad that I didn't get more willow wood from that branch that fell. But then I turned this out of the stuff I did get and I'm no longer sad. The wood is sort of pretty but it tears out worse than anything I've experienced. Like trying to turn a paintbrush. #woodturning #goblet

I was sitting and looking at this little tagua vase and wondering what I was ever going to do with such a silly thing and at that very moment an order of tampico fiber showed up so now it's a deluxe brush of some sort. #brushmaking #tampico #tagua #crafts

I bought a big sack of tagua nuts (aka. vegetable ivory) from an pipe maker who was cleaning out their workshop. I'm excited to try working with this material. Here's my very first test, a teeny little vase. I'll probably actually use it for finials, knobs, maybe buttons. #woodturning #tagua

A big willow lost a branch near my house. This is a tiny fraction of the wood that came down but it was the only part I could get off without a chainsaw. Not thick enough to make any big bowls but maybe some more egg cups or even goblets. #wood

Egg cups. I love this wood but I don't know what it is. Came out of a bin. My best guess is either mock orange or honeysuckle. we'll see how well it dries. #woodworking #woodturning #eggcup #kitchenware

I know that as wood goes this stuff isn't that spectacular but I don't normally work with wood that is at all spalted so to me it's remarkable. Weird, cloud like volumes of color in the material. #woodworking #wood

I'm already pleased with this and it doesn't even have oil on it yet. Needs to finish drying, it'll go slightly oval. From a very diseased maple branch pruned off a tree near my partner's place, perfectly spalted. #woodturning #woodworking #crafts #vessel #bowl

This is a project from a few years ago. Ceramic shell cast aluminum. Originally intended as the enclosure for a weird MIDI controller but that didn't work out very well so I repurposed some of the casts as other things, including this one as a pencil holder. #metalcasting

More spoons, smaller ones this time. These are ready for sanding and finishing and if I'm good I'll get them done tonight. #woodworking #spooncarving #artsprocess #crafts

More spoons in slightly spalted big leaf maple. Continuing to experiment with shapes and practice the basic skills. Progress. Some of these I quite like. #woodworking #spooncarving #crafts #kitchenware

This is an older piece that has served me well as a dice box for a good while now. Still one of my favorite boxes. #woodworking #woodturning #d&d #ttrpg

More needle cases. This time in what I think is holly but I'm honestly not sure. It could be a particularly white maple? Came out of the offcuts bin at the lumber yard. #woodworking #woodturning

Small needle cases in sapele. It's nice to be making something that doesn't have to be food contact safe and washable so I can use my trusty linseed oil and shellac friction polish. #woodturning #woodworking

Finishing up some spoons. These are improving. #spooncarving #woodworking #crafts

Slightly better still photo. I'm finding this very difficult to photograph.

Bound ghost with spooky floating action. #automaton

This ended up being my favorite part of the automaton I'm currently working on. And it's an afterthought. I was going to have a more traditional vertical cam but then I realized I could simplify it a bit by having the cam horizontal and it could also be decorative. #automaton #woodworking

In my ongoing cuir bouilli experiments this is the first time I've actually tried boiling it. This is 2mm veg tan dipped in boiling water for less than a minute and then stretched over a wooden bowl and clamped in place until dry. Very interesting. #leatherworking #experimentalarcheology

Better wood storage is becoming an increasingly urgent item on my studio infrastructure TODO list. This is... not ideal.

Spent the morning roughing out spoons. My hatchet hand has developed blisters in new places. I've decided to take some of these to a craft fair I'm vending at in August so I'll be building up a stock. Also using these to procrastinate on other things. #woodworking #spooncarving #crafts

A small spoon from this big leaf maple. I've been seeing other carvers making spoons with profiles sort of like this and wanted to try it. I feel like I didn't quite capture the feeling, too rounded and organic. Fortunately I have a pile of wood to try again. #woodworking #spooncarving #crafts

Spatula carved from big leaf maple. This wood is lovely to carve. I got a load of this badly dried wood a while back. Unsurprisingly, basically none of it is good for turning but I think I can get a lot of spoons and such out of it. #woodworking #spooncarving #carving

I ended up with an extra saw blade in a slightly smaller size than I normally use and decided to take a minute this afternoon to make a handle for it. It's just roughed out of hickory. Maybe I'll clean it up more or do a leather wrap or something but, honestly, it feels fine so maybe I won't.

A couple of these little boxes (along with some other items) are going down to the Postmark Center for the Arts gift shop in Auburn, WA next week. This is the last of this maple and I'm not sad to see the back of it. It's pretty but very unpleasant to work with. #woodworking #woodturning

One of the back burner projects I've been working on is these little boiled leather boxes in imitation of late medieval examples. These are a significant improvement over my first test and are actually quite usable, sturdy little boxes. #leatherworking #experimentalarcheology

These little forged nails turned out much more convincing than I expected. For a sculptural project that's brewing. The realism is helped along by the fact that they are actually forged, just in copper not steel. They're black from a liver of sulfur bath. #modelmaking but also real #blacksmithing