Mark A. DeCou

I’m glad you enjoyed your Summer contest prize, Mark. Don’t know if know but Glen Huey has been recently named Senior Editor at Popular Woodworking…

-- Martin, http://lumberjocks.com | My Facebook: http://profile.to/msojka

Mark thank you for your comment on my entertainment center. I made a jig to bend my trim. I drew it up but for some reason I cant upload the picture. As soon as I can figure a way to up load I will. Again Thank You. Jim Earl

-- Jim Earl http://www.myspace.com/earle5

In the past I remember some one telling us about a place where we can sell our products for free. Can anyone help me find where I can sell. I would like to get something started to where I can sell some of my works. Thank You Jim Earl

—Jim Earl

-- Jim Earl http://www.myspace.com/earle5

Jim – You can check out Etsy.com or there’s always eBay.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Hey Jim: I have a lot to say about selling work, and how the internet can help, or mislead. I will put my thoughts together after the Christmas rush next week when I have the time to give the effort it needs.

Thanks for asking,
Mark

-- Mark DeCou - Kansas Flint Hill's Artisan

Mark,

I admire your courage to become self employed. The first time I arrived at this site I was basically introduced to the Lumber Jocks through your interview for winning the winter contest. Reading about your commitment to Christ and your family was inspiring.

At work, I often daydream about woodworking as a profession. I feel drained at the end of the day dealing with the toils of the corporate world. Maybe after I get my wife’s and my college loans paid off I’ll feel more confident about that endeavor but we’ll see. I’m sure that self-employment isn’t always glamorous but being home with my family, doing what I love, and allowing my wife to continue to stay home with the kids would be glamorous enough.

Thank you for sharing your faith, thoughts, and projects.

-- There are three types of people in the world, those who can count and those who can't!

Mark,

You are an inspiration to those of us who long to use the gifts and talents God has given us to use our creative minds and hands to recreate the beauty of His creation as He reveals it to us. My talents in working wood was lost for many years for reasons that need not be shared here. But now, as I have returned to the passion of my youth, God is restoring those talents and I am learning so much. I have a lot to learn when it comes to building furniture but I also have lots of time to spend in the shop. Thank you again for being here and sharing your talents and gifts in the wood shop. I hope to learn much more from you and others here at Lumberjocks

Jeff

-- In His Grip,

Mark I have went thru all your projects as well as your web site, I really admire your work, I wish I were more eloquent, but a simple thank you seems fitting.
harold

-- If knowledge is not shared, it is forgotten.

Hi Mark, just wanted to say hi. Looked scrimshaw up on the internet and you were in there some where. Glad you were. Joined lumberjocks because of it. I also work with antler and do scrimshaw. Just made some canes when I saw your site. Super work you do! If you get a chance check mine out. Just kind’a gettin’ goin’ on working in my shop so almost anything is possible. I also rehandle old knives, only done a few but it’s fun. Just am amazed at your work. Later>

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

You were definitely blessed with a talent! Beautiful work! I’m new to LJs and have found a few other Kansans. You live in beautiful country. I drove back and forth from Wichita to Manhattan (K-State) and always admired the huge stone home w/ out buildings that is now part of the Kanza Wildlife area. I kept saying I was going to stop by and just knock and ask for a tour. Then several years after that I was driving by with a friend and there was a sign for tours! We pulled in and I finally got my tour! I look forward to checking out more of your work!

-- Karen W., KS.

Congratulations! In the next few days you will have been a Lumber Jock for 3 years!

-- Gary, South Central Wisconsin. So much to learn, so little time!

Mark – that would be awesome if you have the time and patience for a semi-beginner. A few things I’d like to try are a shadow box of sorts to display my father’s hammer and drill somehow. And I’d like to make some sort of headboard (craftsman style). I would definitely expect to pay you for your instruction just like I would if I were taking a class. Let me know what you think.

-- Karen W., KS.