Any woodworking shop creates a lot of scraps and sawdust. I use or give away both. Most of my scraps get stored in buckets for later use (you never know when the perfect piece might come in handy!). Sawdust goes into my compost or to a friend, who uses it in his kiln firing on […]
As I wrap up custom orders, I recently finished these two 20×24″ vanity mirrors. The mirrors were salvaged from Southern Ocean County Habitat for Humanity and framed out in reclaimed cedar, with a shelved edge. They both came out perfect. I love the look of shelved edge cedar frames!
Well, Spring has sprung in southern-coastal New Jersey. Finally I can actually glue and clamp work in my workshop without having a fire going in my wood stove! That means one thing: productivity.
After living in New Gretna (or Bass River Twp.) for almost eight years now I figured I might as well capture the beauty the surrounds me. Location is key. This is what drew my wife and I to live in New Gretna. It was close to work (or ways to get to work) and close […]
After being asked a long time ago I’ve finally got around to making some more wildlife themed art. It’s always been a part of it, even if it never showed. I started making picture frames in 2007 to show photos I took while working to monitor and manage New Jersey’s rare wildlife with Conserve Wildlife […]
Nice to get some time between custom orders to work on some of my own creations. I usually do this when I’m warming up my shop do some gluing. I had this white painted board that was leftover from making a dog cutout. It had some imperfections so I couldn’t use it to make […]