Haunted Forest Series Tiles.These are Porcelain Slip tiles with Green wash glaze. Fired to cone 10. Tile made in Memphis 2000 and framed in Ohio 2007.
Quartersawn white oak, arts and crafts style frame . Sides are bookmatched.

These tiles started as Honduran mahogany relief woodcarvings, then made into plaster molds

arts and crafts style … framed landscape tile … ebonized oak using the iron oxide steel wool and vinegar method.

frame details inspired by individualist Charles Rohlfs

Titled : The Clearing

carved the Honduran mahogany master for this forest landscape tile based on a pen and ink drawing given to me by world renowned author, artist, illustrator and sculptor, Bil Nelson

links about BILL
http://www.muttart.com/nelson/nelson-profile.htm
http://www.cmgworldwide.com/resources/stamp_miller.html

Hydrostone tile s/n 13 … thirteenth tile from a new concrete mold …, dyes and stains … patinas

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Forest Green Glazed Stoneware tile. Tile is approx 6inches. Link to others fired in same kiln load.

Book matched Quartersawn white oak stained with the vinegar/steel wool recipe ebonized finish. Multiple coats of Spray Lacquer. Seedlac and paste wax.

Acid patina brass screw,mortice and tenon construction.

ca 1910 Grueby tiles in Arts and Crafts Style frames. Quartersawn White Oak. Liberon Dark Golden Oak Aniline alcohol Dye Stain, jazzed up Red Mahogany Minwax stain. Deft Spray Lacquer.
Copper Blacksmith rivets half-lap construction on one frame Black LeeValley screws in the other.

Diamond tile has especially nice curdled glaze. ,

Blue tile is a more rare Grueby design.

I bought the wood at a local Woodcraft store. Last months oak special.
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Diamond piece is currently on ebay”.. feel free ask any questions. I named this design “Steampunk Arts and Crafts Style”
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Quartersawn white oak veneer over Cumaru frame

alcohol dark golden oak dye, Minwax mahogany oil stain, lacquer, seedlac shellac, Briwax brown wax.

hydrostone tile

bronzed’ and acid patinated large slotted bolts

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Grueby and Tiffany Studios Chicago tile frieze, unusual composition, held in a contemporary wooden figural frame, tiles marked, overall: 17.5”w x 52”h

Artists always sell their best work and this one has sold.

To celebrate I’m taking the Pegster and my son Nate’s family to see THOR in 3D this weekend!

arts and crafts style … curly maple framed landscape tile … same finish I use on quarter sawn white oak … dark golden oak aniline dye, wet sanded red mahogany oil stain, seedlac and dark paste wax

frame details inspired by individualist Charles Rohlfs

Titled : The Clearing

hand carved the master for this forest landscape tile based on a pen and ink drawing given to me by world renowned author, artist, illustrator and sculptor, Bil Nelson

links about BILL
http://www.muttart.com/nelson/nelson-profile.htm
http://www.cmgworldwide.com/resources/stamp_miller.html

Bill is one of my long time collectors as well, purchasing several of my pieces for his collection.

Hydrostone tile s/n 3 … third tile from a new concrete mold … acid patina, dyes and stains

Quartsersawn white oak frame.

alcohol dark golden oak dye light wash coat, general finishes cherry stain, seedlac shellac, briwax brown wax.

hydrostone tile

I carved this piece about 8 years ago when we lived in McMinnville Tennessee. One of those projects that gets started, forgotten and then rediscovered a few years later. Most of the work on the carving was done with a Dremel tool. Found the carving in a box in the garage and used the last of my molding rubber to make a mold of it. Tile is made from hydrostone and painted, dyed and glazed.

Thru mortise and tenon Frame is made from sapele mahogany.
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Here is a Birger Sandzen painting of the Kansas river scene.

and here is the same scene in a woodcut print..

This Hydrostone Sandzen tile was made from a commissioned wood carving from our Buddy Tuanie. Original carving(not shown)” is Asian mahogany. Hard,dense crisp wood.Dark red.

I made a rubber concrete mold from it and this is the sixth tile from that mold. ...

Iron oxide finish is made from products available from Sculpt Nouveau.

http://www.sculptnouveau.com/

The frame is made from a chunk of stripe grained sapele mahogany. A little more dense and heavier then Honduran, but a delight to work with. Machines and finishes easily.

Finish is my traditional dark oak dye stain, MinWax jazz’d up mahogany oil stain and Seedlac shellac.
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still needs a good coat of wax,...this will do it for today >grin<

Kentucky Coffee Tree. Mortise and tenon construction. Layered and antiqued finish.
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tiles are stoneware with fired in ground glass inclusions. Beautiful imperfection-ism. Acid bronze patina.
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Carvings are inspired by Birger Sandzen woodcuts.
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Frame is 42 inches wide.
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http://lumberjocks.com/DanWalters/blog/15714
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http://lumberjocks.com/DanWalters/blog/2511 <<<< one of my carvings …

got to find it somewhere and finish the darn thing

Made three tiles from a new mold.
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Three different tile finishes, but frames are identical.
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which finish do you like best ????
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green bronze patina
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iron oxide patina
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stained and waxed
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Tiles are made from this mahogany wood carving.
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Framed tiles are made from hydrostone. Made a new rubber concrete mold from the woodcarving.

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The finishing process is fairly well explained here …
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LINK TO THE EBAY AUCTION
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200471962611&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

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Made this cherry leather faced mallet for the Gorilla Glue contest
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Made from a cherry short with a long story and a 1/8 thick leather off cut. Filled with a few old lead fishing sinkers to add balance and some snap in the tap. Its diminutive size and soft faces are designed for light adjustments.
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the wood story
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About 15 years ago we lived in Bartlett, Tennessee which is a suburb of Memphis. In the Sunday paper we noticed a classified ad for cherry and walnut lumber @ a dollar a board foot. Never missing a wood bargain, we called, got directions and drove into southern Memphis to take a look at it. Seller met us at an old shed across the street from an old church. Shed was stuffed with rough-cut boards of cherry and walnut. Dusty, and undisturbed for many years it really looked like a mess. Not to go home empty handed my son and I dug through the pile of lumber, finding the best of the bunch. We came up with pretty big pile, about 140 bft.
When the seller was helping us load the wood into the pickup he told us about the wood. The trees came from across the street … and once were on the grounds of the Baptist Church. He said he was the minister of the church and the trees were blown down many years earlier by a tornado. When we were about done loading he told us the trees were special, .... special because Martin Luther King had once visited the church and prayed while under the trees. Story stuck to the wood and has followed it everywhere since. I made many items from that lumber, a shaker clock, a chair, dresser, boxes and cutting boards for the save the Lumberjocks children event.
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Hydrostone welcome tile with antique bronze and iron oxide finish.
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Imperfection-ism

DaN-ism

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This piece is currently for sale on eBay with no reserve.

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Couple framed tiles for sale on eBay. Getting allot of watchers, more then in years ..29 on the acorn and 55 on the welcome tile. so I’m expecting a fun ending … check them out if you want to …. it might be fun … normal is 15 to 20 watchers
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Frames are quatersawn white oak with Dark Golden Oak Aniline Dye and Walmart Min-wax Red Mahogany jazzed up oil stain. Rubbed with steel-wool and then a few coats of Delft spray lacquer followed by Seedlac and paste wax.

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Path to the Bungalow landscape tile in quartersawn white oak … Made a pair of these. Stoneware tiles with patina finish. Mortise and tenon frame.

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Dolls Head Porcelain stone wear tiles … made the tiles a few years ago. White slip clay, very delicate in green state.
I bought a gallon from a shop that was quitting business.

This is was a fun pair of frames. Helped clean of my short pile and I entertained my self in the process.

Tiles were inspired by nail hole woodcuts by by Birger Sandzen. A very cool artist.

Thanks in advance for looking at my work.

Regards

DAN

http://lumberjocks.com/DanWalters/blog/11972 series photo bog for this project

http://lumberjocks.com/topics/8871 Birger Sandzen internet photos

tiles in the below project were fired in the same kiln load.

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arts and crafts style … quartersawn white oak and MLK Tennessee blackwalnut framed landscape tile … … dark golden oak aniline dye, wet sanded red mahogany oil stain, seedlac and dark paste wax

Titled : The Clearing .. FOREST FIRE

link to blog with discussions about tiles …

http://lumberjocks.com/jocks/DanWalters/blog/6224
DAN WALTERS TILE wall piece
links about BILL
http://www.muttart.com/nelson/nelson-profile.htm
http://www.cmgworldwide.com/resources/stamp_miller.html
the best one
http://www.morezmore.com/Bill.html

hand carved the master for this forest landscape tile based on a pen and ink drawing given to me by world renowned author, artist, illustrator and sculptor, Bil Nelson

LINK TO multi-post PHOTO BLOG of this project

http://lumberjocks.com/DanWalters/blog/11137

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welcome tile in quartersawn white oak frame
cratered and bubbly under glaze using recipes by from a famous potter in New Zealand … Brian Gartside... he has a cool website ... he has come along way

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link to sample glaze recipes

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