Archive | November, 2011

A Trip to the Mill

Each year, during this season, I make a trip to East Texas to pick up some logs from a sawmill to use for a demonstration at our annual Homestead Fair. The demonstration is called “From Tree to Chair,”  and in it, I take one of the big logs (like those in the photos below) and […]

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Building a Chevy!

Are you wondering if I’ve gotten into building cars? Well, here I have a story to tell, and believe me, it’s the furthest thing from building a car! About a year and half ago I started a project to help me with my marquetry. I began building a nineteenth- century French tool called a Chevalet […]

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