This piece is made of padauk and ebony. It is approximately 15 inches tall, 13 inches wide and 8 inches deep. The body of the piece consists are of approximately 130 pieces of padauk and the base of the piece consists of a single piece of ebony and walnut. The design of the piece is inspired by the art of Jerry Bennett.
This document describes the steps used to make the Beads piece.
This piece is approximately 7.25 inches tall by 7.75 inches wide and there is a total of 8845 pieces of wenge and yellowheart. This is a Tom Lohman design and when I first decided to make this piece I tried unsuccessfully to come up with a name. I sent an email to Tom and asked him where the inspiration for the design came from, and he said he thought it came from a bead pattern. So, Beads it is.
I recently made some KPFT 90.1 FM coaster sets for the on-air music DJs that I listen to. KPFT is a Houston treasure that has been on the air since 1970. They recently celebrated their 55th birthday and I wanted to send a thank you to the DJs. The coaster sets include the 5 logos KPFT has used over the years. KPFT is a listener funded station and the DJs are volunteers who put in a lot of time and effort to bring great music and talk to Houston, and to the country and beyond through the WEB. I’ve added a link to the KPFT home page in the links section. You can stream the station directly from a link on the home page. The home page also has a link to the program schedule. My favorite shows, in no particular order, are Mrs. V’s Blues, Blues Brunch, Border Radio, Deadbeat, Wide Open Spaces and Lone Start Jukebox. There’s other great music shows and a wide variety of talk shows. Give them a listen and if like what you hear consider becoming a supporting member.
Over the years I’ve made school themed coaster sets for friends and family. We’re a Buckeye/Cougar family so the first two sets are obvious. The third set is offered without comment except to say it’s too late to worry about rewarding bad life decisions.
The attached document illustrates how I make pencil/resin pieces.
This is my first pencil/resin piece in some time. There are a few reasons for that …
With apologies to John Prine, I named this piece Bruised Orange. It’s the latest piece in my Peeled Fruit Collection.
