Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Fiber U MOPACA Event

Fiber U MOPACA Event
 
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37.678989,-92.653767
MOPACA, http://www.mopaca.org/ hosts an annual learning event
called Fiber U
The Dancing Goats at FIBER U!
 
Classes cover the gamut of learning opportunities in the fiber arts and the vendor selection provides the Tools and Fiber...
Making Tools for Fiber Folks is what we are about...
 
Of the hundred or so crafts shows we have participated in, FIBER U is one of the best.
From the organization, schedule, food, sales & location, FIBER U fits the Goldilocks criteria
of being Just Right!
Bowls for Support Spinners
 
Dedicated and New Makers attended classes and came away with items newly made by hand...
Tools for Makers
 
In a 'World Made by Hand', Makers will never want for food nor shelter...
Learning the ancient hand crafts creates a satisfaction like no other activity I know of.
Read 'World Made by Hand', by James Howard Kunstler to inspire your inner Maker...
 
Read Something, Learn Something, Make Something...Every Day.

 
 
 
 

Saturday, July 6, 2013

The Last Two Finished

The Last Two Finished

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Look for these bowls and others on our ETSY site:

The Mirromere...

The Last Two Bowls from the giant walnut beam are finished and
will be posted on our ETSY site.  Some of the most beautiful wood that
I have had the privilege to work with…

Friday, July 5, 2013

The Last Two

The Last Two
 
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Turning Burls, Figuring and Knots at my lathes is the ultimate expression of my art and muse.

The Atlas & Delta Lathes

I call the patterns that emerge, Gaia’s Fractal Tapestry, patterns woven in the secret dark that only the lathe can tell. In the lore of my Powhatan ancestors, everything is alive and has a spirit…Spirits that can be heard by listening with the right senses.
 

Bowls Ready for Turquoise Inlay
 
Locked away in the dark, waiting for the hand to unveil and convey their message.
Beauty…
Turquoise, fallen shard of the sky, embedded in a jewelers matrix in a place not expected.




Gaia's Fractal Tapestry
 
The two Walnut Burl bowls are the last ones from a giant beam that came from a wreck of an ancient barn…A Walnut 6 by 6, 12 feet long. Iron heavy, Only metal cutting band saw blades would cut it up…
Turned into 5 dozen bowls that never left more than one or two on our tables at a time…