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Men and Guitars

Posted on January 20th by admin.
What is it with men and guitars? Exploring the relations of shape, feminine/masculine. The sound hole, the neck, the body, the heel, the curves. the strings. Mastering it. tapping it. stroking it. vibrating ...
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Cam clamps (you can never have enough…)

Posted on August 21st by admin.
In my adventures in crafts, some might say my amateur adventures in craft, I am always attracted to the making of tools and jigs ( in which I am admittedly wearing the ...
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Cejilla, an experiment in ebony wood

Posted on May 28th by admin.
Cejilla is the spanish capo; made traditionaly from the materials-vocubulary of the spanish guitar maker: Exotic hard wood, peg, string. I had a little bit of ebony wood with which the children played sometimes, ...
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Post and rail

Posted on March 23rd by admin.
My friend James, whose a second generation ( or more ) forester and wood cutter in Sussex supplied me with the rails and posts of chestnut and oak for a fence as ...
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Prototype #2

Posted on March 22nd by admin.
Just finished a new hive. At first I wasn't too happy to install windows in the hive. I thought that what the bees want to keep for themselves they are entitled to. One bitter winter ...
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Pyrites

Posted on February 25th by admin.
I woke up this morning thinking about the fractions of Iron Pyrites that are found on the coast. I remember the story I once was told about Iron - falling down from ...
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Non-woven #3

Posted on February 25th by admin.
Less ambitious than the felt and skin piece that I was planning to make last summer. A piece of Jacob sheep wool. whole fleece. cleaned, carded, seperated the colours and felted. An experiment in ...
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Willow, an experiment in landscape manipulation.

Posted on February 25th by admin.
I have started my affair with willows in 2004. So captivated I was that we decided to call our son, born in November that year - Willow. There is much to be ...
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What is land?

Posted on February 16th by admin.
At late, as I was waiting for the news of the Israelis invasion to Gaza, thoughts about occupation came to my mind. What is land? 1. A part of the surface of the earth ...