Day 239: Supplies

I made a quick trip to Woodcraft this afternoon to stock up on some supplies, I grabbed a spare bandsaw blade, and 3 pieces of wood for some upcoming projects, 1 3X3X12 each East Indian Rosewood, Hormigo Negro, and Cebil. While I was out I also stopped by the Delta Service center to pickup one of the club lathes which was being repaired.  It will be used during the club demo on Saturday and had been in the shop for the past 3 weeks.  I was beginning to wonder if we would get it back in time.

Day 238: Meh

I'm not entirely happy with this piece, the base is way too large as is the opening.  I'll probably try this one again later.

Day 237: Weebles

I tried something different tonight, I wanted to do a small bowl with a natural edge, off center, and a round bottom.  I was successful on all 3 counts but also unsuccessful on 2 of those counts as well.

1)  Part of the natural edge broke off just as I was finishing the bottom.  2)  I had to drill a pair of holes in the bottom to remove it from the jam chuck.

The good news is that I learned a few things and that my next attempt should turn out a bit better.

Day 236: Burl box

I've done this style of box before but it's been about a year.  I think I have a show lined up in 2 weeks and want to have a couple of these complete.  I wanted to have some done for Saturday's show but never quite found the time to get them done.

The finial is just a sample, I don't know what wood I'm going to use for the finial and for the pedestal that the whole piece will rest on.  The body and lid are Maple Burl, the temporary finial is East Indian Rosewood.  No finish yet.

Day 235: Art Walk

Tonight was the Sunnyslope Art Walk in Poenix.  I ended up with 2 spaces so I was able to spread out quite a bit and change up my display.  My 4 5' foldng tables were laid out in a large M or W pattern (depending on which side of the table you were on).  Sales were slow and a little on the disappointing side but at the end of the night I had some money in my pocket, no business cards left, and a few less things to pack up.  Overall a pretty good night.

Day 234: Cougar Carnival (Cougarnival)

Tonight was the event at my son's school.  I was assigned a single 6' folding table so I had to be very selective on what to take and what to display.  Sales were slow (as expected) but I had a constant flow of people all night.  Once the sun went down they fired up some portable lighting but the coverage of the lights was less than ideal and things became much harder to see.  Tomorrow should be much better.  I'll have close to 4 times the space and the crowd will be an arts crowd rather than a school/craft crowd.

Day 233: Last minute

I spent a portion of the evening on some last minute show preparation, primarily refinishing a couple of pieces that for various reasons need a bit of touching up.

I also booked another last minute show, my son's school has a carnival once or twice a year and I was asked to be one of their vendors.  I've done this for them in the past and though I probably won't sell much I will hand out a number of business cards while I support the school.

Mesquite hollow form

Acacia hollow form

15" Redwood Burl platter

Spalted Palo Verde