80 days ago
by frank |
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A Story of Lakh
….garnetiferous,an expression of mein air,your color plays me….—-by flp
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if I the recipient can...
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93 days ago
by frank |
6 comments »
Art-Full Creation of a Megalomaniac
….en-livened by wood,wood megalomaniac,shadows urge me on….—-by flp
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94 days ago
by frank |
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Barn Tales
….and so i sit,watching the pages of my mind,un-fold before my eyes in splendor, surrounded by this old barn and it’s love….
….old wood and new wood gathered here,calling out my name to come and rest a while,and so after a day of work i leave all behind,to visit with an old friend as friends will do….
….no-secrets between us but what tales we tell,stories of what has been and our dreams to come,shared feelings of how it might have been done,and the pa...
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98 days ago
by frank |
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Twinings of WoodArt
….intertwined we gather,dusk suspends time and i sit,wood spirits apprize….
….i came for a dance,what is the meaning of this,time and wood makes years….
….wood be-comes fleshed out,my priorities give way,what was can now be….
….i am stilled in space,wood–working life liners speak,hands listen to start….
….grace-full is beauty,i see the passion of end,creation is art….—-by flp——————...
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100 days ago
by frank |
9 comments »
Live Wood Joinery
….bladed scarf wood joint,marriage of two be-come one,i rest satisfied….—by flp
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106 days ago
by frank |
9 comments »
What Lights Up An English Barn
Well I believe that it doesn’t take much to get me talking about barns….or might I add English Barns. I was asked to post some pictures of my barn, but how could I ever just show some pictures without also going into some barn terminology?
From the picture above I am standing on the third floor of the barn….or if some-one is counting the cellar also, then I guess one could say the fourth floor. My wife bartered some homemade jams for ...
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107 days ago
by frank |
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The Meaning of Patience
….sev-en-teen eight-y,two thou-sand nine english barn,my life-time seems small….
….board and batten side,old and new bring character,patience works in me….—-by flp
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109 days ago
by Gary Fixler |
7 comments »
At 17m long, TREE is London’s Natural History Museum’s largest botanical specimen. It is a wafer-thin shaving through the entire 200 year old tree from roots to branch tips. The video shows Tania Kovats’ journey through finding the tree, deciding how to bring it down, learning how to have it resawn, CNC machined thin, and dried, and the ultimate hanging on the ceiling of the mezzanine gallery behind the Central Hall. Quite some board feet she left behind at the mill. She...
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110 days ago
by frank |
12 comments »
Barn Cat in Training and More….
I might as well introduce a new member in my barn and tell you some of her history. To start out with it might also help if I was to explain that the barn you are seeing here is an English Barn dated from around 1780. My wife and I started gutting this barn back in 2000 and then while I was on the road most of that winter, she along with a crew took the barn down in about a weeks time after numbering all the bents. Next after taking a year to get o...
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117 days ago
by frank |
5 comments »
Three Acts of Working the Wood
….three acts of working the wood that have be-spelled me,one is the art of hand-cutting wood joinery,two is the collection and using of old weathered wood,three is the beauty of creating pieces of ‘wood art’….
….one;
….two;
….three;
—-by flp
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