Medieval in The Shop

The Shield at left is 24" X 26" and was made in the shop and hand painted by us. The stencil and fine tuning of the lions were executed by Stephanie. The shield represents what will become our family crest. The colors and shapes come from an old crest of my family and the numbers represent our family.

The bowls for the cups at top where thrown and glazed by Stephanie and the turned wooden bottoms were made by me. The bowls have a dark blue glaze. The woods used on these cups are Black Limba and Padouk. Some of the other cups in prior posts have bases turned in walnut, alder and mahogany. If your interested in these and would like to have some for yourself just drop us a line at cmdr101@hotmail.com.

Beginning May projects

This has been a good beginning to May. I have the following projects started and should have them completed very soon.

1. The cake stand for the wedding. It is made to resemble platforms supported by castle towers. This project is turning out very well, better then I expected. I will have a picture posted here by the end of the weekend.

2. A pair of custom oak picture frames. These are payment on delivery projects. These too are nearly complete. These frames are inspired by frames by Greene & Greene from the Arts and Crafts period. Paying projects help the creative ones along.

3. More turned bases for chalices, I should complete the last 2 dozen in the next week. Hope to have all of these completed by mid month.