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#1 ·
"Workin' Wood at Haiku"

Workin' Wood at Haiku

....the last snow-flake falls,
box of wood splays my beauty,
pedals blow grace-full….
--by flp



From where I'm coming from….it's all-ready written in the wood….

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

rusticwoodman@gmail.com
http://frank.wordpress.com/

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"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood…."
 
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#5 ·
--so yes, this is just great and I am honored to have acquired the acquisition of such noble poets of the 'haiku' as Bob and Ethan!

I have been practicing writing haiku, (which is a Japanese form of poetry) for some years now and find it a relaxing way to write.

For those who may have not studied haiku here are some simple form structures that can be followed:

Form: "Traditional Japanese haiku have seventeen syllables divided into three lines of five syllables, seven syllables, and five syllables respectively. These syllable counts are often ignored when haiku are written in other languages, but the basic form of three short lines, with the middle line slightly longer than the other two, is usually observed."

Structure: "Haiku divide into two parts, with a break coming after the first or second line, so that the poem seems to make two separate statements that are related in some unexpected or indirect way. In Japanese, this break is marked by what haiku poets call a "cutting word." In English and other languages, the break is often marked by punctuation. This two-part structure is important to the poetic effect of a haiku, prompting a sense of discovery as one reads or a feeling of sudden insight."

Language: "Haiku should include what Japanese poets call a kigo-a word that gives the reader a clue to the season being described. The kigo can be the name of a season (autumn, winter) or a subtler clue, such as a reference to the harvest or new fallen snow. Through the years, certain signs of the seasons have become conventional in Japanese haiku: cherry blossoms are a kigo for spring, mosquitoes a kigo for summer. Sometimes, too, the kigo will refer to an individual moment in the natural cycle, such as dawn or moonrise, without reference to a particular season. The kigo is also important to the haiku's effect, anchoring the experience it describes in a poetic here and now that helps sharpen the imaginative focus."

Subject: "Haiku present a snapshot of everyday experience, revealing an unsuspected significance in a detail of nature or human life. Haiku poets find their subject matter in the world around them, not in ancient legends or exotic fantasies. They write for a popular audience and give their audience a new way to look at things they have probably overlooked in the past."
Can You Haiku?

So if any-others would like to add on….you are welcome!

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
 
#6 ·
Great information, Frank. I need to practice my haiku writing; I also need to refocus a part of my life back to writing, as I seem to have neglected it as of late. Thanks for the motivation!

Several years ago I used to belong to a "Daily Haiku" contest online somewhere… The winners were posted daily and the subject for the next day's haiku would always be an image. I believe they chose seven winning entries at random because of the sheer volume.

I should try to find that site again; it was a lot of fun.
 
#7 ·
"Point of Evanesce"

Point of Evanesce

....two kings hedge with time,
twas an open veil of rite,
i transcend with wood….
-by flp



I've not had much computer time as of late for blogging, so it feels good to get a post up. We seem to be getting hammered with snow….a little much early up here this year, so I'm busy outside working the plow truck and doing clean-up around the place. When I say early up here, well not really early….it's just that in the last couple of years we were slow and into the new year before the snows came….oh well. More snow today so I'm heading out to get the plow truck warmed up….

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

rusticwoodman@gmail.com
http://frank.wordpress.com/

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"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood…."
 
#17 ·
"Slivered Audacity"



Slivered Audacity

....slicing ones wood-space,
within the sea-sons of time,
head-less though i am….
-by flp

And now for the rest of the story in pictures….

....spalted maple….



....against a background of 200 year old//young, (plus) barn-board….



This is what I call 'wood art'....
Spalted Maple is hand sanded and steel wooled with multiple coats of tung oil….
Barn-board on this side, is cleaned up with woolite pads and no-finish has been applied….
Width is: 15''-1/2'' by a Height of: 23''-0''

I have not attach the spalted maple to the barn-board, since I really like looking at this piece from all views….

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

rusticwoodman@gmail.com
http://frank.wordpress.com/

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"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood…."
 
#21 ·
"Simulated Wood Tales"

Simulated Wood Tales



....brushed shellac breathes tone,
by hands of the creator,
i impart design….
--by flp

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And so the tale is told, that all that one sees, is not what it really appears to be. What I have set before you here are some pieces of wood done up as fruit….and yet even here in the midst of these wooden tokens of fruit and nuts….lies an impostor. Can you spot the one….



....and yes, I love using shellac and so I play with it in many of my creations of 'wood art'. This jar happens to be 'garnet' and is of the de-waxed variety, which I have mixed//cut to a 2lb. cut. One interesting note here to using shellac, is the no-need to 'have to' clean your brush out between//after uses. I keep bottles of denatured alcohol around, which I may stick the bush into after using or just let it go till the next time. When the next time comes I just stick the brush in the alcohol and wait 5 minutes and presto….soft and ready to be used is the brush. By the way, I keep the plastic wrap around the rim of my jars, which keeps the jar lids from sticking and no, the shellac and alcohol does not effect the plastic, except that every so often I have to put a new piece there due to constant use and friction….



....I use it out of the can, de-waxed and waxed, plus also in the form of flakes and then I also mix colors in this golden ambrosia drink for the wood, or as in this case, a gourd. Having said all that, I will hold off for now on what I consider to be some of the many myths associated with using shellac and so save that story or stories for an-other blog of forum topic. Oh, I all-most forgot to mention the hat….my wife picked this one up in one of her trips to Thailand and which lends an efficacious persona, to the background setting here….



....so here's the impostor. This one started out as a green gourd and was dried out over a year in our attic, washed and scrubbed to remove it's first layer of covering….and then came forth from my hands, the design to create, in the image of wood. I have sanded with #120-#180-#220 grit sand paper, then #0000 steel wool, plus the use of steel wool between coats of finish lacquer….multiple coats of shellac and then I sprayed on some topcoats of lacquer….



Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

rusticwoodman@gmail.com
http://frank.wordpress.com/

-
"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood…."
 
#28 ·
"Wood Scupper"

Wood Scupper



....your eyes corrupted,
my being as fire melts ice,
i am soon turned out….
-by flp

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And so I thought I would also post some other pictures here of how I am winding down, in the evenings here at home, for the moment.

Playing around at finishing with some different types of colors….oils, water-bases and flakes on a piece of white oak that was leftover from a recent bandsaw tune up. The piece of white oak wood you see here is about 1/16'' in thickness, and when I reach that deminsion in a bandsaw tune true up….you might say I am on the money. So what happens to the wood I use from those true ups, some are made into boxs while others become test platforms for the finishes that I will be using on that current piece of furniture, 'wood art' or 'free form' sculpture.

One of the first questions folks often ask me is about finishing wood, as they are busily feeling the wood before them. And make no-mistake here….if your wood is not acceptable to the touch of the one doing the feeling, you have all-ready lost in the fields of selling fine pieces of wood creations. So I will spend time with customers and tell them whatever I can about finishing wood, knowing that many want be buying from what I have, but will in turn go home and repeat this information on their own wood creations. This does not bother me, since I learned long ago that if I can give away information and the so called secrets of wood finishing, just as soon as I empty myself out….more comes my way from within.

When it comes to wood there are so many terminologies that one comes across….
--hard-wood and soft-wood,
--maple-wood, oak-wood, pine-wood, birch-wood, ash-wood, beech-wood, poplar-wood, cherry-wood….and I will stop here since these are some of the woods I cut on my land and use,
--spalted-wood and punky-wood,
--late-wood and early-wood….

....late-wood and early-wood in the wood grain of white oak. This is where I am going to be talking more of and about as i explore into the finishing aspects of some white oak wood, for the The Multi-Purposed 2×4 in the upcoming LJ Woodworking Awards - Winter 2008....



....what one should//can understand is that finishing wood is no-secret society of the special few. If one spends much time reading books on wood finishing, one might get the impression that 'they' are so good at it and how could I ever do what 'they' are doing. Believe me when I say that finishing wood is open to all and can be done with extreme success by any having//wanting to produce their own results. The only thing one needs to do is, be willing to ask and explore by yourself, however if one has the attitude that wood finishing is ugh…. then ugh will be ones finishes. However if one wants to produce great wood finishes on their wood projects, then all one has to do is be willing to make-up as you go along. There is a lot of truth in the saying…."fake it, till you make it". And so I turn this piece over here and give you some more shots of the other side….



More to come….
Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

rusticwoodman@gmail.com
http://frank.wordpress.com/

-
"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood…."
 
#31 ·
"Lacquer Wine"

Lacquer Wine



....brushed with my desire,
rawness of umber inscribed,
wood and sheen complete….
-by flp

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One boxed bowl, covered with a god's finish recipe….

....and so coming forth from the darkness into the light of a new day's dawning….



....two coats of boiled linseed oil, one coat of olive oil, two applications of raw umber acrylic pigment, multiple coats of hand brushed lacquer, rubbed out between every two coats of lacquer with #oooo steel wool….



....the box bowl has been hand gouged and shaped out of hemlock wood and yes these are a favorite of mine, that I continue to do over the course of many years now. The actual working of the wood by hand is the easier part of this making, as the finish is very time consuming, but is the greatness of this wood piece for 'wood art'....



This is relaxation and meditation in it's purist form, plus it is herein that I draw from my inner being of strength and complete my circle of goodness….

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

rusticwoodman@gmail.com
http://frank.wordpress.com/

-
"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood…."
 
#39 ·
"Woody Cellular Being"

Woody Cellular Being



....cell-u-lar being,
wood fibers flex with image,
you laugh at my-self….
-by flp

---------------and then there was light….........................................................................



....be-ing cellular,
shadows oust you within time,
i laugh at my-self….
-by flp

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Just one more of the inhabitants that lurk within the heavenly ally-ways of my mind as I create 'wood art'.....

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

rusticwoodman@gmail.com
http://frank.wordpress.com/

-
"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood…."
 
#40 ·
Thanks Frank. I am continually amazed by your ability to "see" and bring to life these creations hidden inside rather mundane pieces of wood. Your talent at bringing these visions into reality is an amazing gift.

Thanks for sharing your gift with those of us who are "artistically challenged".
 
#44 ·
"Wood Conception"

Wood Conception


....my no-mind runs free,
I gather my-self to wood,
such power i am….
-by flp

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What is out there? What is the space of a box you have surrounded yourself into? I build boxes to hold my renters in, just as the world teaches box building to protect the identities of it's citizens….within boundaries!

And so here is one box that will become a sun-room for the viewing masses. Does any-one ever wonder what's on the outside of their box? And how do I get out of this box, I have so successfully encased my-self within?



The tools you will need to get out of your box, are the ones you carried inside with you to build that box….



Climb up and take a look at what's out there….



Do you ever wonder what it would be like to leave those other box builder's and their inhabitants on the inside….as you get out? But before you leave your box, do you also understand that out there, is a bigger box that you will find yourself in?



....outside the box….



Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
rusticWoodArt

rusticwoodman@gmail.com
http://frank.wordpress.com/

-
"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood…."
 
#52 ·
"Beholder of Art" --by RusticWoodArt

Beholder of Art

....art-full to be-hold,
i gather what surrounds me,
adroit nature i am….
-by flp

And so I was sitting this morning looking over some photos I had taken recently outside and out of my landscape of framework, came these pictures speaking to me. Imagination is a wonder-full gift, and when coupled with writing, the words of the soul can be heard, which has caused me to spend a rich time here at my desk with pencil and paper, writing out note-full stories for future blogs….

....I will be writing more on this one soon, which comes by way of 'Texas Treasures in a Backyard'. Such a beauty to behold and as I was looking I saw the texture of 'rattlesnake skin' in the wood….



....one apple sitting here up high, which in turn has saved this one from the grasp of an 'eating frenzy' of deer. One could say this apple has also been locked in by those bars of the branches that surround an upward view, but then also maybe this one's mind, is not cluttered with all the preconceived ideas that inhabit mine….



....and even in the snow and dirt of winter, life goes on just waiting to break forth into abundant green….



....wood and hair, caught in this moment of a flash, as so also are we caught expressing life in this moment of now….



Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

rusticwoodman@gmail.com
http://frank.wordpress.com/

-
"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood…."
 
#53 ·
Frank,

I enjoy both your writing and your photography. They give me cause me to stop the hurried pace of my daily life and simply reflect on the small mundane details around me that are often overlooked in the frenzied pace that we pursue.

Thanks for the post.
 
#55 ·
"Mulled Wood" --by RusticWoodArt

Mulled Wood



....your yearning smites me,
as from wood and tea i'm drawn,
smoothed by time i mull….
-by flp

Delight-full pieces here as I draw an image, deep from the forest and bring some of this together with a gods drink.

The wood above is:
....white oak, which I made into a counter top, finished with shellac and poly….what you see in the background, (and very little of it) is some re-claimed two hundred old barn board, (plus some years, but who's counting) finished in boiled linseed oil and beeswax….yes, the one cup of tea is sitting on a knot, which I knocked out of a piece of pine and has become a test sample for shellac, (garnet)....next on my list is a 'wood button' there in the top center, (oak) which has sat in a five gallon bucket of water throughout the seasons of two years along with other's, gathering a nice stain of grey color for it's unique character, and a piece of maple that I cut some 7 years ago and since then have been hand sanding, long ago I went beyond sandpaper and I am now working this one in #0000 steel wool….there is a very nice sheen starting to come out on this piece, which comes from the natural oils in the maple wood, the machine oil in the steel wool and then also the oil in my fingers….time on the maple piece and handwork is now around 5 years, but then again who's counting. I will admit that the handwork with the steel wool on the maple has become an act of meditation and I still have not an image of what it shall be-come by name….

....the first cup of tea i offer to you,
is a call to friend-ship,
which is the duty of no-one,
and so is therefore open to all….

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

rusticwoodman@gmail.com
http://frank.wordpress.com/

-
"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood…."
 
#56 ·
Frank,

You never cease to amaze me. Your patience and perseverance are absolutely wonderful. I can understand the meditative effects of working on the maple like you are doing but for 5 years? and still no end in sight?

Wow!!!! is all I can say.
 
#61 ·
"Storehouses Of Snow and Ice"

Storehouses Of Snow and Ice



....come inside and see,
storehouses of snow and ice,
harvest your vision….
-by flp

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--ascertain one's vision….



--foregather your dreams….



--set your imagination free….



--beholden to no-one, and in all believe….



To one such as this, there is the promise of a contented heart, long life and the reaping of abundance that comes from giving thanks.

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

rusticwoodman@gmail.com
http://frank.wordpress.com/

-
"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood…."
 
#74 ·
"Enhancing the Atmosphere of My Milieu"

Enhancing the Atmosphere of My Milieu



....ebullient epiphany,
spirit of wood laughs at i,
emancipated soul….
-by flp

"....releasing the spirit of the wood to fulfill its own unique character...."

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....and now for the larger picture.



I will be writing more on this one soon, suffice to say for now that this is one leg of a table I am presently working on. This leg and the other leg where cut out of a maple tree some seven years ago and then I intentionally dis-stressed them. The top has a history of it's own which I have all-ready spent some time writing about here at LJ, and then stopped the processes of where that one was going, since the wood it-self had some-thing to say….and yes, I all-ways listen to the wood.

Also if any are looking at some of my past blogs and wondering about where some of the photos are….well I apologize for their up and down status. I have so many photos on hosting sites and have been experiencing some problems, which are now giving me the opportunity to think of where this is all going, as I may need to update and move some pictures around. Please bear with me as I make some changes and such….

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

rusticwoodman@gmail.com
http://frank.wordpress.com/

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"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood…."
 
#79 ·
"My Puszcza of a WoodTable"

My Puszcza of a WoodTable



....rustically flared,
bucolically conceived,
asian inspiration….
-by flp

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....and so I recede back into my past,
where the ancients of undefined,
have conceived me in imaginations of forest wood fields,
and so for now i bring forth the fruit of my hands….

Having finally cleaned up both legs this past week, I was able to start thinking on the table top. I originally had thought to go with white oak, but the piece of wood just would not give me the go-ahead. So after looking around and throughout my barn wood collections….slabs of oak, pine, maple, butternut and walnut and then the boards of hickory, birch, white oak, cherry, maple and etc., I finally heard this one wood-piece of curly maple calling my name.



Next came the prep-work on the curly maple….planning, jointing, and then the use of a drawknife on the edges to get a not so finished look. After spending some time….and time, hand cutting mortises into the underside of the top and tenons for the legs, I was happy with the fit. Now I will start finishing the work on two more tennons and mortises and then comes the hours of finish work….and yes, finishing is a specialty of mine and one that I love to do. But more on that to come….

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

rusticwoodman@gmail.com
http://frank.wordpress.com/

-
"….work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood…."
 
#80 ·
Thanks for the post Frank.

The table is coming together nicely. I can well understand why the maple was "calling your name". It has a really nice figure.

I am looking forward to seeing the next step in the process.
 
#108 ·
I don't blame you for having to photograph this. The crocuses are a welcome relief from the relatively monotonous color of a snow drenched landscape that you have dealt with for months now. These colors present a vibrant promise of the upcoming season.

Thanks for the post.
 
#113 ·
"Articles of Expression With Wood" --by RusticWoodArt

Articles of Expression With Wood



....cabin construction,
construction allows 'wood art',
i am mis-fit 'tween….

While out working in the cabin the other day, I noticed that this one was following me from room to room, one of my shorter pieces here….as this one still fits into the head-room of the cabin. Hmmm….not like my head-room that I carry around all the time….never could figure where those articles of expression where supposed to fit into todays world.

....or maybe after looking at the walls here in the sun-room I should have called this story….'the big green foamy stuff' has invaded my work-space….

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

rusticwoodman@gmail.com
http://frank.wordpress.com/

-
"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood…."
 
#121 ·
"Sitre Akhre"

Sitre Akhre



....arched brow-guarded eyes,
masking a tomb of holy,
sparks fly from ghost wood….
-by flp

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I was just sent this 'one' from a person on the west coast and yes, it has captivated my attention. Didn't have to sit very long in silence with the piece as it was ready to talk. Offered up a name and so I'm starting some hand work at relieving small particles of wood….more to come in time….



Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

rusticwoodman@gmail.com
http://frank.wordpress.com/

-
"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood...."
 
#125 ·
"Wood Root"

Wood Root



....root system births birch,
struggle of titanic crux,
time fades and i walk….
-by flp

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I found this one earlier this week while out on a walkabout at the end of the day, and so for a while time stopped and, I just listened….



....one can learn a lot about wood if one has the time to listen and learn from trees….



Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

rusticwoodman@gmail.com
http://frank.wordpress.com/

-
"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood…."
 
#126 ·
Frank,

Even someone as "wood deaf" as I am can hear whisperings from these. These are very interesting and, as usual, your photographic skills are excellent.

Thanks for the post and allowing us to share in your wood journey.
 
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