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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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#286 ·
Wood Pile Projects and Fire

Wood Pile Projects and Fire



....jubilant junk art,
winter snows give rest to wood,
my lair awaits fire….
-by flp

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It won't be long now till I fire up the propane torch, sit inside my lair, while an-other lights the pile from behind and this pile of 'wood art' goes up in fire and smoke. Hope I can get some good pictures out of this burn in about two weeks as I take the hot seat.

There was a time when I remember this one as….



....ah yes; the days of past are now be-come the time to burn.

Link to those other days:

Jubilant Junk Art

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...."
 
#290 ·
Rockin' Knot

Rockin' Knot



....my angles are true,
rockin' knot declares it's self,
tung oil gives good sheen….
-by flp

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....and yes, so my day ends as I've spent some hours buffin' this wood piece with #0000 steel wool. Still more work to do, clean up some cracks and sand them, more coats of tung oil, more steel wool hand work….and I've yet to design and make some form of supporing structure.

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
"RusticWoodArt:http://frank.wordpress.com/

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

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"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood...."
 
#294 ·
Shaker Styling With Wood and....

Shaker Styling With Wood and....


….shaker styling pine,
wood history wrote in knots,
wedding gift for friend….
-by flp

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….ah the peace that comes from workin' the wood,
and knowing that there is some-thing much bigger then i-thing,
when it all comes down to what goes on in a wood-workers life,
the simple works of 'wood art' transpire the need to acquire more,....

….i have sat at the edge of the world where the many pass on by,
till what was giv-in' back was less talk-in' with words of mouth,
and the lesson i learned is that a wood-workers hands are the pen of writing,
for an artist of wood there is only the matter of writing words in grains of wood….
-by flp

Simple tools and simple wood, but what the hands do, is what workin' the wood is all about….



....this piece of pine is about 6 years old and has been sitting in my barn and waiting….



....and waiting. Till one day recently it spoke out to me and said, ....'' Frank I'm the one ''.... I am all-ready getting-feed back that this friends soon to be wife is all excited about this bench, and I didn't even know she liked Shaker style, which only goes on to prove my point that the wood all-ready knows it all….



....and then at the end of the day I find its easier to think in black and white….



....next there is still some more tweaking of the wood and a yet to be decided finish to be used on this one.

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
''RusticWoodArt''

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

-
"….work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood…."
 
#317 ·
A Story of Two Benches

A Story of Two Benches



….weathered wood bleeds gray,
two benches sit in silence,
one will soon pass on….
-by flp

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Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

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

-
''….work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood....''
 
#325 ·
The Meaning of Patience

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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Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

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

--
''....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood....''
 
#336 ·
Live Wood Joinery

Live Wood Joinery



….bladed scarf wood joint,
marriage of two be-come one,
i rest satisfied….
-by flp

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I will be posting more on this wood joint in a future blog story….and;

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

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

--
''....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood….''
 
#337 ·
Interesting join…like a double rabbetted half lap. It looks like it would hold some weight, assuming that is just 2 beams joined…Is that a check running parallel on the left side of the Pic? Or is that 4 boards instead of 2? Hard to tell in the Pic.

Amazing what ingenuity was used when nails, screws and hardware we take for granted was not easily available….

Thank you for another excellent post…
 
#346 ·
Art-Full Creation of a Megalomaniac

Art-Full Creation of a Megalomaniac



….en-livened by wood,
wood megalomaniac,
shadows urge me on….
--by flp

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This one is a left-over from Katrina some four years ago, which was transported north into my 'neck of the woods', while being introduced up here to yankee hospitality back around 2006-2007. My wife introduced me to a family, who were new in the area and still learning of what was to come as we were approaching winter at the time. So after dinner we retired into the library//studio and talk turned to a bench which I was finishing up in the room, (yes I know, sometimes my house even be-comes a place to work in)....and from there the talking led on to furniture and some of my 'wood art'. Well just to keep this story short, I'll throw out a few lines of what happened next.

The next time I saw them, they had a present for me, which their young son was very excited about giving me, (matter of fact the whole family was excited) and wanted me to have this exotic and intoxicating, (don't you love a good word play at description) chunk of wood. Seems that after Katrina had left the area, they were walking the beach one day and found this one washed up on the sand. They carried it home and when they came north they brought this new member of the family along with them, where it sat in their living room. Then after the meeting and friendship with me in my home, they realized the wood was searching for me and would never be satisfied until united with it's intended other. These folks came from Texas, and stopped over in Florida before coming north to New England….and then after giving the wood to me, they decided it was too cold up here and went back south. I never saw them again, but it's makes me wonder at how the pieces of the puzzle, in this universe all work together, just to keep things moving straight, on-line and in touch with the 'art-full creation of a megalomaniac'.

So the wood has been drying out some years now in my barn, and some-times we say hello to each other quite frequently, and then at other times months can log-roll on by. Recently though the wood has started talking and I have taken to sitting with her for spells of time, while also it's been a time of testing area's of her amorous skin with light sanding and some gouging of the wood. Time will tell, but I'm quite happy with her just way she is, but like the lady she is, she keeps urging me on with some added hints of her beauty. And after all is done and said; "….is this not just like a Lady"?

Just a side note here that some have noticed and stated about, .... in truth, truly I am one; who is practising in the art of romanticism--a dreamer who has awakened from a long sleep. Yes I am not afraid to admit that those crayons and coloring books that I used as a child, but was later persuaded to put away and grow up so as to be-come an adult, have long ago been picked back up. The only difference now is that I think out-side the box, using my imagination, and to this day reject any form of entity that would have me come back and be like them. My life is lived according to no-one book or no-many books and matter of fact the reality of my own illusion is found in the fact that I am the writer of my own book. I like best that which was penned by Henry David Thoreau when he wrote the following words; "….A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on it's hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting."

As I have mentioned before, but will once again reinteriate, I have never been formally trained in the skills of wood-working and while I have many tombs of books about wood and technique, the fact is I have never finished reading any-one of them, at any one time//sitting. Therefore I have no-gurus who are icons be-fore mine eyes and over time I have learned that who I am, is the actor or worker-of-wood and that this is the challenge of opportunity which we all can be. The 'very best' of 'very good' that I can say about my life, my work, my play is that I have no-regrets and were my time here to end tomorrow, than of a truth I can say that my life is in-deed very good. I could go further on and say that I have no-past, and the future is yet to come, so I spend my time-of-space living in the 'moment of now'.

Some-times it's hard to know where to draw the line, that de-fines me here at a woodworking site, since there is no-separation of me from my 'wood art'. Every-where I go I am all-ways on the lookout for a way to sell my-self and my-self is best explained by how I 'work the wood' and how the 'wood works me'.

See what I mean, here I have done it again….what started out as a simple wood-working haiku day has now gone all the way around and past full circle, so I hope no-one is offended by what I have said and where the journey of words have taken us, but then again….that's just who I am.

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

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

--
" ....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood…. "
 
#353 ·
Old Barns Have a Life of Their Own

Old Barns Have a Life of Their Own



….illuminated,
barn spirits await their turn,
I pause to reflect….



….old barn gathers new,
new wood mixes with old wood,
boards dry across bay….



….boards soak to full-fill,
character be-comes milieu,
new think tanks of wood….



….this one calls my name,
maple crown turned up-side down,
dreaming what can be….
--by flp

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Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

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

--
"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood...."
 
#361 ·
Ageless Wood

Ageless Wood



….caught this one watching,
a treasure from moosehead lake,
wood spirit abides….
--by flp

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....and so yes age-less wood has spoken that,
there all-ways is the bigger picture of all that surrounds us,
just as in the works of wood my world be-comes so self centered,
till one day the clouds above my forest are split asunder by knowing,
that all my striving to gain a hold on the reality of my future in time,
was but the failure to note that the wood was working i,
yes and so wood of ages tells a story better then i….
--by flp



Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

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

--
"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood...."
 
#379 ·
Word Images In Wood

Word Images In Wood



….your beauty is mine,
eradiating from soul,
I feed in silence….
--by flp

….and one more today;



….back to my root source,
enticed I am drawn in-ward,
my end is complete….
--by flp

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

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

--
"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood...."
 
#389 ·
Living in a WoodDream of Color

Living in a WoodDream of Color



….living in a wood dream,
against back-drops of color,
mt. washington sings….
--by flp

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….how often my walks be-come lost in a dream with-out,
where all that goes on in my back-yard around the farm,
is much the same such stagnate matter as what's in my head,
and the ill's of time can start to bog me down in stereotype….

….remembering a time when i sold my soul-full designs,
to the highest bidder in the wood-jams of 'who's on first',
how i over-came that one is an-other story that still goes on,
what matters now is more about where i stand at end of day….

….how to be healthy, wealthy and wise occupied most my time,
and i sold my soul daily in those temples of merchant ex-change,
never under-standing why my soul raged in-side with so much fury,
i worked the wood but my loss was in not understanding the wood….

….sure we write books and study wood while listening to other's,
back then i was needy to the fact that wood has a need to express,
so before I lose any-one who has been reading this story up till now,
let me say it once again--'that wood has a need to express it-self '….

….expressing one's-self is not the need to have approval of other's,
as many great works of art have fallen by the way-side with-out note,
just as great in-deed are those hands of artist's who failed at exposure,
while reaping the various kinds of vulnerability at the hands of other's….

….there came a time when i heard the sounds of wood living my dream,
far removed from the classic names that are give-in to furniture of design,
how often I have noted that we fail when we fail to create after our heart,
and failure to create after one's heart is the tragedy of abortive conception….

….wood talks and begs to forth-tell a picture-story of eminence and beauty,
but the ears of man have be-come dull of hearing trading in other's dreams,
have we lost in-sight that the wood is the artist and we are the art in process,
where i am the imaged one greeting this landscape of art-full wood color…..
--by flp

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So lets take a waundering-walk-about such as I took earlier this week and by doing
so, shall we use our imagination to reap forth a bounty of color? I took these while on a hike
going up north, into the north country….and yes, I will stop talking and let the pictures come
forth as actors on the stage of life….



….not all who waunder are lost….



….while getting lost is not the worst act of man….



….since some fail by never getting lost….



….and as I walked, my way be-came very clear in-deed….



….just as the beauty before me laid waste to my mundane….



….no-more be-ing satisfied with playing spectator….



….I be-came one with-in the land-scape….



….and….



….turning for home….


….I followed a new way….



Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

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

--
"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood...."
 
#403 ·
KuroKongouseki

KuroKongouseki



….silkened oak wood grain,
shadows of a black diamond,
concept of wood dream….
--by flp

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I'm not sure where this one is going at the moment, or even whats be-come//be-coming
of my wood art….?!? It seems that my mind is running more free from the confines of all
that 'the society of other's' have tried to in-doctrinate me with. There were those past times
and ages when I proceeded through the traditions of man according to woodworking, but I
was all-ways left high and dry by what came forth….



….till now my soul beckons me on-ward to explore more. What can happen when wood is
united with fire, such as is seen herein with this oak slab that I free-hand cut some two years
ago….



….or maybe more important is what can happen with 'me', as I keep tearing down the walls
of the box//boxes that so surround and try to cling to my-self? What happens when the artist
totally goes beyond a place of under-standing within himself and surely beyond the reach of
others in his dream? And so I started burning this one earlier in the week….



….reaching for a natural wood finish of preservation. I have been thinking more and more as
of late on how to be-come more at one with my environment and my roots of woodworking.
Fire and wood gives place to a carbonization process that can create a long lasting wood self
preservation….but which leaves me wondering about my own self preservation along the way….



….and who knows, since the worst thing a person can do is 'not failing', but being afraid of failure
and therefore never stepping out of his//her box to see if failure is possible. My-self, I say "failure is
impossible, since we have been hard-wired to create our own (many) possibilities and the worst thing is to spend your life asking the question 'what if '
"!

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And yes, I have combined two blog stories here, so I will finish up with this one. Two for the price of one, to some that may be a blessing….to 'others' a curse….so go on and get that second cup of tea and sit down and loose your-self in the thinking process.



WoodWindows of the Soul

….a wood-worker's challenge is to find food for their soul's respite ,
and you thought i was going to say a "hoard of board wood",
or maybe trunks of trees to be used in carving out sculpture,
but with-out that soul-food one is left with-in the planes of ordinary….

….there are times and seasons when i need to gather to the woods,
where the hours can pass me by till i be-come full-filled by inspiration,
and so i walk-hike-waunder with my camera taking notice of all space,
space to let my imagination run wild and free from self imposed limits….

….took to the trail today following a path that proceeded from my heart,
out and about i was glad to get ahead of the hunters in the area herein,
colors are still good in the woods and many were the more far off views,
every-thing i needed was found outside the confinements of a backpack….

….out here i can study wood in the elements of season and weather finish,
some of these trees i keep coming back for-to celebrate their many designs,
i have found that wood tells a very natural story due to the environs of place,
and all creation awaits the next chapter that comes from turning the page….

….how many have went in-to the woods to start by reading his-story of trees,
only to find a blank space after turning the page they hoped would bark a story,
from here comes the under-standing that to be over-standing one must write ahead,
writing be-comes a place where imagination connects with a picture of what is art….



Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

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

--
"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood...."
 
#409 ·
A Kings InComing

A Kings InComing



….tis time to re-pair,
so I re-turn home with grace,
I re-member wood….
--by flp

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And NOW for the other side of the story….



….words speak and take up so much space, better to hear from a picture.

Twinings of WoodArt: http://lumberjocks.com/frank/blog/10588

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

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

--
"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood...."
 
#417 ·
Charcoal Dreams of A WoodWorking Passion

Charcoal Dreams of A WoodWorking Passion



….hand tools made for wood,
old ways yearn to express self,
passion breathes new flame….
--by flp

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….it's not the fire with-out,
but the fire with-in,
that creates the who i am,
of my wooden landscape….

And so once again I must ask…."who lights the fire, that burns in yonder tree "?

I'm at a new beginning here, since I'm preparing to turn the heat up some-what….and start charbroiling some oak. This wood piece is rich in ages of history, full of stories to tell and yet to be-come a work of 'wood art'. My opportunity of yet to come, is that there are pictures to upload, the casting of a character to set in place, and then I also have to keep the work moving along ahead of the story. Now what I'm going to say next may sound as the words of a mad man, (unless you've read much of my previous ramblings)....and that is, the wood has not told me the end of the story as of yet, so I am working on the fly.

….more to come!

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank

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

--
"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood...."
 
#418 ·
Frank, I can say that I am almost shocked by the revelation that you are doing this "on the fly". :) I have always had this mental image of you whereby you enter an almost zen like state until the wood reveals it intended purpose- very like an epiphany of sorts. And now you reveal that this is going to be a project that you simply are going to approach, much as I, a mere novice who struggles to understand what the wood is trying to tell me, would.

It will take some time to recover from this revelation but it is going to be interesting to see number 61.
 
#424 ·
WoodWorks

WoodWorks



….wood-fire-ash-smoke-black,
can your depths be understood,
patiently i act….
--by flp

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank

RusticWoodArt
rusticwoodman@gmail.com

Two of my other woodworking blogs:
http://frank.wordpress.com/
….and….
http://rusticwoodart.tumblr.com/

--
"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood...."
 
#432 ·
Wood King-doms

Wood King-doms



….what the kings see here,
is the opportunity,
to go and create….
--by flp

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Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

rusticwoodman@gmail.com

Two of my other woodworking blogs:
http://frank.wordpress.com/
--and--
http://rusticwoodart.tumblr.com/

--
"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood...."
 
#437 ·
In-DwelleR-EVIL Dis-ease Follows Me

In-DwelleR-EVIL Dis-Ease Follows Me



….i have all-ways been,
this dis-ease that eats in-side,
gnaws be-low my bark….
-by flp



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Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

rusticwoodman@gmail.com

Two of my other woodworking blogs:
http://frank.wordpress.com/
--and--
http://rusticwoodart.tumblr.com/

-
"….work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood...."
 
#448 ·
Ruminations of A Woodworkers Heart

Ruminations of A Woodworkers Heart


….clean windows-clear view,
working jigs process finish,
grate-full heart gives thanks….
-by flp

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Eric Clapton & Jeff Beck, Live, O2 Arena, London, 14th February 2010, Blues



Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

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

-
"….work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood...."
 
#455 ·
Sankyaku Uddo

Sankyaku Uddo



….standing tall I am,
last of wood gods lends it's-self,
free form wood bench leg….
-by flp

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Have you ever pondered how that all wood working-wood art has to start some-where….and so I listened in silence till the wood starts talking. All wood has a story to tell if one can just take the time to listen. Should I live a life-time over again….I will never get over or past telling those tales that come my way by wood. Once my eye of imagination has connected with a story as told by wood, my hands start creating….and only then can I create a labor of love in the grains of wood.

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

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

--
"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood...."
 
#464 ·
A Spirit of Meekness In Wood

A Spirit of Meekness In Wood


….simple goes the chisel,
the meek inherit the wood,
cherry moves my hand….
-by flp

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What a challenge it is today in this milieu of character ambiance, to turn off all machines and work for days in the simple simplicity of hand tools. And may I add that at times I still use those machine tools, but no-thing gives the flavor of satisfaction that comes from paring the wood by hand.

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

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

-
"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood...."
 
#467 ·
Jointly Epoxied

Jointly Epoxied



….white oak bleeds moon red,
my heart bonds with your passion,
jointly epoxied
….
-by flp

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….our labors of love have an effect on the milieu of our be-ing, much to the atmosphere of integrity that we keep with others, that in turn will re-turn a blessing of our labors, over-flowing to those other's in-circled around us.



What a wonder-full grouping of words expressed herein, that if one were to take and think upon and apply to the principles they keep with wood, (and yes, I know these principles can be applied in all the areas of ones life, but for this writing I will keep the story online as to working the wood) the joy of woodworking would increase beyond all expectations. Along with this; 'beyond all expectations' our works of 'wood art'....there would also increase the future of how we and our acts of wood have grown over time.



By the time I was ancient and old, my hands had come full circle around these feelings that I've carried within my forest of illusion. My soul creates energy and how I manifest that energy in the process of working the wood, tells the story of my being here in this space of time. The expressions I write in wood are the stories I first learned around the camps and fires of the 'Druids of eld'. These ancients awakened me to the remembering of my place of send off….before the foundations of the earth were laid.



....my apologies for missing last week's Thursday haiku, but I was on the road traveling and then things got real busy.

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....''
 
#475 ·
Wood Shark

Wood Shark



….once up-on a time,
wood and kayak met a shark,
you decide who won….
-by flp

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I found this photo image while looking through some of my ramblings over the course
of last week. The following is the original photo before I started plying my tricks with the
photo. I have made this photo available first to my friends here at LBJ, before being posted
to some other sites. I hope you like this one as much as I do….I am going to have this
one also made into a large poster.



And so….here is a new update on the first photo above, where I have now stood those pines back up on their feet….hmmm.



Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

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

-
"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood...."
 
#485 ·
Treasure Saved From The WoodPile

Treasure Saved From The WoodPile



….designing a hole,
these holes are a salvation,
wood brings forth my name….
-by flp

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Whenever you see a hole for wood, remember that all holes had a start some where in time. Before time there was only a void and out of this void came forth a hole. Wood holes are to be found any-where one seeks them and what must be remembered is that these have been given to help us come out of our boxes. I have often heard these holes speaking within that "in anamnesis I have birthed you into a new realm of what can be an opportunity". Opportunity exists all around us and what we have been given as a gift can never be held on-to by hands that clutch but must be multiplied and given back at no-charge. I am no-great writer of words nor am I a master of wood, but what I hear after entering a hole is that for which I am responsible.

Yes there was a time when I thought of selling my words, but over time and even during the last twelve months I have re-thought about what my life is all about. 'It is better to give then to receive' are some hard words to think upon and it is up to my-self to put into action what the forest and trees have so freely given (freely received so freely give) me. And yes, in the end I am the one who makes that choice.

This wood hole has a beginning of history not shown, but for this haiku of a blog I shall start here with Treasures Saved From The WoodPile....



….next we proceed to move in closer….



….and our main story character in action once again. What I'm wondering is that maybe this wood hole's name could more properly be called; 'A Wood Bagel' with every-thing on it….



….next I proceed to move on through and out the back-side. What a nice photo image of some 'rock maple//sugar maple' in the spalting stage of giving back to this wood piece some added character.



Thank you.
GODSPEED
Frank
RusticWoodArt

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

--
"....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood...."
 
#491 ·
Wood Was Not All-Ways My Name

Wood Was Not All-Ways My Name



….saved for your beauty,
light brings clarity to wood,
to-gether we live….
--by flp

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Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

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

--
''....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood....''
 
#492 ·
Frank: Wood was always your name. It might not have been visible.

Just like your wood-art. It always is there, it might just need some modification or assistance to get it into the forefront of our mind.
 
#496 ·
The How To's of Wood Are Only A Front For Who I Am

The How To's of Wood Are Only A Front For Who I Am


….how did i get here,
this land of hobbit hollows….
no-living with-out….
-by flp

--and all that exists in-be-tween--



….my path is out front,
my life breathes the wood of art,
how can i ever stop….
-by flp

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While I am still in gathering mode this time of year, my life takes on many moments of solitude, where the only one around is me, my-self and I. This often leads to a lark, off into the many forms and boundaries that so surround my testament of an existence herein. Into this landscape of my full-ness I will now engage who-so-ever-will, to come along as we partake on a journey that starts with a kayak….



….the thrill that soon gathers speed as the taste of water reaches into one's very own soul….



….I am caught in the reality of the moment, where such as these turn into water slides that carry me on. What I'm wondering is if any-one else can feel and taste the passion of this moment….



….stopping for a break, I take some time to look into the heart of a root system, so that I can see into a study of wood joints that in-deed hold all earth-bound. One might also notice what this birch has to deal with when the water is really running free and un-bridled. Some day who knows….but that I might just walk right off the face of the earth into the woods that bring me such peace, so if some-day you never hear from me again, just rest assured that I'm out here in a wood-working environment. You might even want to sit in silence and if you'll listen real good, you may even hear the trees singing the song they taught me….an ode to the hobbit who lived in the world of RusticWoodArt….



….still finding those 'story holes' that open my box of stagnant thinking, to newer images that provoke my dreams to ever create more….



….back home I take a wood-working break and see-the-feel of an itch that comes as some-thing new and some-thing old start to break out of the confinements where they have been fermenting….



….and then it all clicks in one twinkling of the eye, as a new piece of wood art is at once born-again….



….two timbers as part of a timber frame, two old and golden chairs from back then, one old table top that I have just re-finished, ship-lapped pine boards rough side out and a new piece of wood art to high-light the old. More and more I have been studying objects of wood art that are in their original state of character and I have also been working on some bigger pieces that are more like hunks of trunks. I find that one can never settle into a routine of doing over what has all-ready been done, but must for-ever be moving on into new areas of what can be done with wood….



….all in all it has been a very good day at working the wood and so I hang my tool belt. With these tools I carve out my dreams by the sweat of my brow and the practiced hands of one who knows wood. My tools have after time taken on a character of their own….to the point that these now speak to my hands, that I might see more clearly….



….and what better way to end this story then with with where it all began….which in turn answers that original question of how I got here….and so how I have been blest in my life-time to be able to work for wood !



Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank
RusticWoodArt

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

-
''....work smart, work safe, and live, to work the wood....''
 
#497 ·
Wonderful, excellent thoughts and pictures. Frank, once again you have provided great food for thought and reflection. It is amazing the beauty that surrounds us if we just take a moment to "stop and smell the rose's" as it were. Love that beam joint also….is that one of the originals in your converted barn? The "rustic" look of the beams is magnificent…thanks for sharing.
 
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