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Wood Chips and Kitty Fur: April 2009
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Wood Chips and Kitty Fur. Dedicated to the artist and volunteer in all of us. Monday, April 13, 2009. Kitten Season has arrived. It has been a little over three weeks since I began raising the first of my 2009 litter of bottle babies and am happy to write that my little c. Harges are doing very well. I received a litter of four and all four are thriving - one girl and three boys! Scooter, the smallest kitten was the first to open his eyes. Boneata says NO NOT THE HAIRDRYER! Posted by Louis and Vencka.
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Wood Chips and Kitty Fur: Back from the Blog Black hole
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Wood Chips and Kitty Fur. Dedicated to the artist and volunteer in all of us. Monday, August 23, 2010. Back from the Blog Black hole. Most notably our dear friends and adopted family in Fredricksburg, Tx. Posted by Louis and Vencka. River Road Ranch Resort. Warren and Lisa Strobel. August 27, 2010 at 12:31 AM. Warren and Lisa Strobel. May 5, 2011 at 5:10 PM. Ummm new posts needed! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Louis is an aspiring woodturner exploring the many facets of turning wood into beautiful ...
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Wood Chips and Kitty Fur: July 2009
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Wood Chips and Kitty Fur. Dedicated to the artist and volunteer in all of us. Sunday, July 19, 2009. I finished the second in my Hackberry. Series, Strawberry delight (formerly Roughberry. It is an 11 in dia. Bowl using the same techniques as with "Blueberry" bowl. Anodyne dye, with pryographed. Rim and the inside. Finished with food safe carnuba. My lovely artistic consultant, we choose. Black Walnut - 9.5 in dia. Carved w/rubbed milk paint. Back side - textured using an eighth. View my complete profile.
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Wood Chips and Kitty Fur: Latest Creations
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Wood Chips and Kitty Fur. Dedicated to the artist and volunteer in all of us. Sunday, July 19, 2009. I finished the second in my Hackberry. Series, Strawberry delight (formerly Roughberry. It is an 11 in dia. Bowl using the same techniques as with "Blueberry" bowl. Anodyne dye, with pryographed. Rim and the inside. Finished with food safe carnuba. My lovely artistic consultant, we choose. Black Walnut - 9.5 in dia. Carved w/rubbed milk paint. Back side - textured using an eighth. View my complete profile.
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Wood Chips and Kitty Fur: August 2010
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Wood Chips and Kitty Fur. Dedicated to the artist and volunteer in all of us. Monday, August 23, 2010. Back from the Blog Black hole. Most notably our dear friends and adopted family in Fredricksburg, Tx. Posted by Louis and Vencka. River Road Ranch Resort. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Louis is an aspiring woodturner exploring the many facets of turning wood into beautiful creations both functonal and artistic. Vencka, aka "the kitten whisper", is active in cat/kitten rescue through our local organiza...
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Wood Chips and Kitty Fur: February 2009
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Wood Chips and Kitty Fur. Dedicated to the artist and volunteer in all of us. Monday, February 23, 2009. It's our anniversy baby. We send our best to all the lovebirds out there, may your life and love be as special as ours! Posted by Louis and Vencka. Sunday, February 15, 2009. The mechanics of pen making. The wood types, forms, and styles are endless. One of local turners, Mike Merak, who turns pens professionally (see his site, The Wooden Quill. Below are the basic raw materials. The hard part of ...
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Wood Chips and Kitty Fur: January 2009
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Wood Chips and Kitty Fur. Dedicated to the artist and volunteer in all of us. Saturday, January 24, 2009. Wing and a prayer. Our neighbor and good friend Tom Define dropped off some extra firewood a while back, and much to my delight much if it is Maple (appears to be of the red variety). I have turned some natural edge pieces with it and one lidded box. One of Vencka’s favorite styles of turning I do is the. So you imagine the interaction if you catch the wood wrong). Posted by Louis and Vencka. We appo...
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Wood Chips and Kitty Fur: One man's scrap .....
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Wood Chips and Kitty Fur. Dedicated to the artist and volunteer in all of us. Sunday, April 5, 2009. One man's scrap . I am having more luck with with dry branches. I came across an unusual colored pinkish branch about two weeks ago that I could not resist trying to turn. The color reminded me of southwest/Mexican style clay pottery. With the that image in my mind I turned away, ever so careful of a crack (caused from the drying/rotting) lest it blow up on me! Posted by Louis and Vencka. One mans scrap .
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Wood Chips and Kitty Fur: Wedding Platter
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Wood Chips and Kitty Fur. Dedicated to the artist and volunteer in all of us. Sunday, May 15, 2011. This past fall we had the honor of attending the wedding of two wonderful friends Rolf and Chris, both of whom are in our Nordic Dance group. I found the perfect maple blank at our local exoctic lumber mill. The light maple wood is close in color and grain pattern of the more common birch and juniper often used in Scandanavian woodworking. Posted by Louis and Vencka. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Wood Chips and Kitty Fur: Adding new dimensions ....
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Wood Chips and Kitty Fur. Dedicated to the artist and volunteer in all of us. Sunday, May 3, 2009. Adding new dimensions . Two weeks ago I took a one day platter workshop from Al Stirt. A world reknown turner from Vermont, hosted by our local club, Chesapeake Woodturners. Al is know for his unique texturing and carving methods he incorporates into his turnings creating master piece works of art. He shared with us some of techniques during our eight hour hands on course. Back side - Coves for texturing.