The Clearing

Wow. A time warp comes to mind. Right out of 1910. These are wonderful.

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Dan, these are fantastic. I hope you will take the time to show us a work-in-progress series. The end result is stunning.

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Dan -

Thease are wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing. I would love to see these in progress and learn more about your style of work.

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Spectacular! How thick are your frames and are they tenon and pegged?

-- Jesus is Lord!

I am interested in this work you are doing. It has made me think about it the past two days. I want to see more. Feel like sharing more?

-- Mark DeCou - American Contemporary Craft Artisan - www.decoustudio.com

amazing.. amazing.. amazing..

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Great job Dan. How did you do the inserts? I really like the looks of these frames you made. I may have to borrow some of these ideas for frames of my own.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

I love mixed media projects. These are just beautiful!

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

I added a long rambling comment to your Haunted Forest piece, and now I want to clarify and crystalize. I see things in my head and try and make them happen. Reality, talent and skill level get in the way and they never quite achieve the level of perfection I see in my mind. Your work is…perfection. Thank you for sharing it.

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I love this type of art. To me it reminds me of Aztec art. I don’t know why. Absolutely beautiful. jockmike

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Awesome !!

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Frames are usually 5/4 to 7/4 thick quartersawn white oak. Many times bookmatched.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

Nice job, Dan!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Found the tile mold this weekend and am pressing a few more tiles. This is the mold I used to make
“the clearing” tile series. As stated above I made the mold from a mahogany wood carving. I still have the carving and the mold has made about 70 tiles. It is getting worn, but still produces decent tiles.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

This is the clearing tile carving. It has aged some.

When I first made this piece, I stained it coated with several coats of shellac and then some urethane. I followed that with coats of PAM and then a layer of liquid latex.
I screwed it to piece of plywood and built a 2×4 frame around it for the mold. I mixed up a batch of pottery plaster and poured the mold full.

When the plaster sets-up it creates heat and the finishes reacted in a interesting way. This piece has sat in box for years. I put a coat of linseed oil and took this picture.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

love em Dan, great work.

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner