….can I speak for WoodArt?
….creatures of the wood,
invading darkness nests light,
winged nascent being….
–by flp
Environs of Wood
Environs of Wood
….the woodworker seeks a wood to ply his trade,
while out here the tree just sits a spell,
some take the wood out to build a home,
the forest gives homes for those that live in trees….
WoodWriting Haiku Thursday’s
Splaying For Maple
….one wood as i am,
wood house of the mighty ones,
splayed color environs….
–by flp
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And now some more pictures to explain this poetic wood word story….
….and most finely….
The Beauty of Crotch Wood
The Beauty of Crotch Wood
So after the winter and then into late spring, we arrive at what has become of the maple crotch slab that was cut by ‘free form’ chainsawing last autumn. I decided to place the maple wood between two slabs of pine, that were also cut last August; ….against a background of a red barn door. This is also before I went inside to my shop and ran the wood through the planer, where in the coming photos the wood has been planed down to a thickness of two and one half inches.
Two views of wood here, while at the same time I can call neither by name of back-side or front-side….but then that is the beauty of working with crotch wood….
….and now the other side of the wood story.
To make this interesting, I thought to close in for a close-up shot of the maple wood here and show what I think are some unique tight knots spaced herein the wood. This is also a very good shot of heartwood and sapwood as it sits within the confines of the tree and how the nature of each is set apart by contrast.
And yes, I started out with a story of what this piece of maple would become….but then while working on the piece two nights ago, an-other story came into mind. So we shall yet see as to what this one will become and I will also be posting more as the work continues.
Flitch Sawing to Highlight the Crotch Area in Wood
Flitch Sawing to Highlight the Crotch Area in Wood
How many saw cuts does it take to make a ‘flitch’?
Two; one cut on each side of the slab.
I cut this piece of maple last September and since then it has been sitting outside covered under black plastic, curing and developing character in the wood. This past weekend I had to start clearing out a space for some new wood that is coming in, so as I was moving wood around I spotted this one.
I will be showing in some following stories as to how this one is cleaning up….and also the way the wood is speaking to me as what is therein.
Looking For Inspiration
Looking For Inspiration
….the roots of your being are showing forth inspiration,
and so i stopped in my walk for a moment in time,
to gather a thought from within this container of my mind,
while rustic wood spirits dance forth with expressions of mine….
….this object of my attention is but the beginning of art,
and were i to linger long on the road of imagination,
my wings might soon be found as discarded limitations,
not remembering the freedom of lofty flight aspirations….
WoodWriting Haiku Thursday’s
Redolent Tease
….sugar maple wood,
vase of nosegay by beauty,
backdrop weathered grey….
–by flp
And now the rest of the story….so it was that I ended up the day last evening, out here in the temporary shop of an ongoing cabin renovation.
What we see at first glance is not all-ways the whole story and so one can now see from the above captured image, that there is more to this story. I first cut this piece of wood; sugar maple, (Acer sacchrum) off of the trunk of an old tree that was diseased and taken down some weeks ago. The trunk and trunk crown are yet waiting to be chainsaw milled into slabs, which I hope to do soon.
The wood piece which I have posted above, is what I call ‘wood art’ and is a one of a kind that I do and sell, for clients who want something different and full of character. This piece is still in the rough, having been de-barked, roughed out on the inside and lightly sanded. What I will do next is start the procedure over again and roughly go through the above steps once again, paying more attention to small details in the wood.
Once I have the wood piece roughed out and more fine tuned, I will then start working on the finish for this vase. My finishes for such as these usually start with tung oil and, then can include shellac if that is the effect I am after. All my finishes are hand rubbed out and will include many coats, plus sanding down with steel wool.
As I was saying earlier, this is where I ended up after working on some cedar siding and trim, in the bathroom of the cabin here yesterday….and so the artistic nature of my being was waiting to create. Artistic nature is all-ways there, it just waits, sometimes wanting to explode upon the scene and fill a void that awaits a new beginning.
….oh yes, did I fail to to mention what was behind me as I was taking these photos….
I might also mention that art is the who and what I am….my ‘wood art’ gives freedom of expression into the who of that I am. Art is all around and only waits for the chance to come forth into expression, but even if I fail to give that release, the nature of art is still there, willing to give pleasure to whosoever will come and taste. Because art is all around us, it can be found in any scene and medium of our environment and, ….more to come.
