Thanks for the show!

We had our show today, Three F's, and it was a great success. Thanks to everyone who came out and thanks to Nik and Adam for showing their work with me. An extra special thanks to the fine folks at Sablétine fine pastries for hosting us.

KW-WCC

So I'm sharpening in my kitchen these days, not the greatest set up, but it gets the job done. I'm sharpening because I'm now back to working, this time out of the KW-WCC. The KW Woodworking and Craft Centre is quite the place, a whole bunch of great equipment and a whole bunch of old guys whose wives want them out of the house. If you need a place to work in Waterloo I'd definitely recommend it.

A New Show - Three F's

There's a new show coming up featuring the work of me and a couple of my friends. There will be great photographs, fantastic fashion, and some nice furniture. It will all weave together with the themes of wood and destruction.

Reception and show are from 2-5pm, Sunday February 7th, at Sabletine Fine Pastries, 203 King St. S., Waterloo ON.

Come out, bring your friends, and come see some great local art and craft!

Sayonara Workshop

I found this beauty while cleaning out my workshop at the Globe Studios. It's funny what makes me excited these days...but anyways, I've got all my stuff out and it's a bit of a sad day. It was a nice thing to have a place to go where you could just bang on something or take a couple passes with a plane...a good creative space.

Now it's back to school in January and a bit more of a focus on research. I'm joining the KW Craft center, so my woodworking days certainly aren't behind me, but I'll be doing things at a much more relaxed pace.

Hammer Time

Mallets are something I like to make. Here's a little kanna tapper...now I just need to get a real kanna!

Mitred

The Globe fall sale wrapped up this afternoon and was a great success. Thanks to everyone who came by and checked out my work, and an extra thanks to those who picked up one of my pieces!

Before the show I finished up one of the few remaining planes that was missing from my arsenal...a mitre plane!

A mitre plane is usually used with a shooting board and makes the job of squaring up your boards a whole lot easier! The body lacks the sexy curves of a smoother, but the blockiness lets it be used on its side. This one is made from ipe and quartersawn maple, and I think that ipe is a wood I'll use again in my planes.

I've rounded over the edges to make it a good fit in my right hand and so far it has worked extremely well. I also used a new wedge design that is a trade secret right now. I applied some of that knowledge I gained from my engineering days and I think I've come up with a simple, but great approach. Somebody probably already beat me to it, but I'll claim it as my own for now.

Right now it's sharing a Hock blade with my high-angle smoother and like my other Hock blades it works great. High carbon O1 blades from Hock have lived up to their reputation and I'd recommend them to anybody.

End of the line...and the Globe Fall Sale - November 20-22

So I've come to the decision to close down my workshop at the Globe Studios. It's a great place and I'm sad to have to let it go, but I'm low on funds and time, so life will have to rumble on. My PhD has me spending time in labs doing things like motion tracking (seen below) and computer modeling, and this means I've been stretching myself thin.

I'll be working out of Globe until the end of December, so I hope to put on one more show sometime in January with the work I complete between now and then. I think it will mostly consist of lighting, and hopefully some fashion from a friend of mine (that is still TBD). There's also the Globe fall sale coming up on November 20, 21, and 22. I'll have a couple coffee tables and some lamps for sale, including this curvaceous beauty: