6 panel tile Frieze in QTR Sawn White Oak Greene & Greene Arts and Crafts Style Frame

As usual, Dan, a very attactive frame and tiles. I really like the greene and greene style that you have used. The addition of the screws and what looks to be leather straps are nice.

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

Link to a boat load of photos

Thanks MAX !

Leather straps are incomplete.
For now they have shoe polish iin about a 4in long area. Darked up the leather a bit to make it look oldish.

-- ..... art for lifes sake

Dan, I first want to welcome you back, you have an Avitar that I recognize again :-)). Your tile and frame are beautiful, as with all of the projects that you post.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

yes bill looks like dan got those outstanding warrants cleared up and hes back with his own photo ! OR IS IT ??? HEHE great job dan very creative you do nice work no matter what you look like !!

-- if you aint the lead dog the scenery never changes

very nice good mix of elements bet it heavy ..

-- "when you think youre going to slow, slow down just a little bit more" .... Pop's

Yeah, who is that masked man? “Sunrise in the Enchanted Forrest”. You finally got one to hold together. Congratulations, Dan, on an outstanding piece. I’ve followed along on this one. It’s even more impressive than I expected.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

Really impressive, Dan. That is something to look at. Thanks for posting the link to all the photos!

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

Good stuff! Have you ever done a headboard?

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

nice work…i love it…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...177 days to sanity...

That looks outstanding Dan. Great job!

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

Dan Great job on the tiles and the frame. A very nice combination.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Thanks eveyone !

As mentioned in my blogs I borrowed a design detail from a master woodworker. He came up with a distinctive woven wood technique on his door project
Thanks !

dennis : I’ve made a couple headboards, but long ago…. Way before I started making tiles. The first the bed we sleep in. Made it in Milwaukee from some air dried post oak bought from a local Indian Reservation. Paid something like 60 cents a board foot.
Made it to fit in out high ceiling Milwaukee bungalow on 43rd street. It was a mission canopy bed. You guessed it, too tall for our new house in Tennessee. Had to trim the legs down. Finally when we moved to Ohio it was too tall to make it up the stairs. Off came the canopy, Now it is 36 inches shorted with pyramid ends on the posts.

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Really unique Dan, the frame is just awesome. Like the sculpture too. Great, super work, Oh yea, checked out all the photos and tried to find some of your stuff on ebay. Pics were really neat but I struck out on ebay.

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

As said already Dan,this is very nice indeed! I really like the scene you carved and the tones compliment it perfectly.

-- " Stubborn tenacity substitutes for natural ability" ANDY

Awesome Dan…simply awesome.

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

MMM-hmmm!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

Nice work Dan.

Those tiles, and the technique to produce them is fantastic! The Greene and Greene style is quite nice, and very well executed.

Just a suggestion here, and please don’t take this as I’m a jerk for mentioning it. Normally I wouldn’t mention it, but then I would feel like I’m not being honest with you.

While looking at the piece, I kept coming back to the top and bottom rail.

You might want to consider using boards that have matching grain for the frame work.

The grain in the top rail and the bottom rail are wildly different, and pull the eye away from the panels.

This follows along the same lines as proportions. The eye will notice, or more like “feel” it, and subconciously dwell on the feel of the piece, rather than the look of the piece.

There truly is a “comfort level” with our type of work, and I’m certain you’ve noticed some projects that are very well built, yet didn’t feel right.

It leaves the person viewing the piece with an uncertainty they can’t quite place their finger on, yet they know it’s there.

Again, please don’t take this as knocking your project, as I think it’s beautiful.

I am just trying to point out something you may want to consider as it may take your work to another level.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Lee

Thanks for the great feedback.
I too felt the piece was a little out of harmony. Wondering what to do with the bottom rail.
The way I haved been taught is to use the most figured pieces for the top of the piece and lesser figured lumber for the lower parts. Usually the differences between the top and bottom rail grain patterns in my work is less severe.
Been thinking about carving some text or motto in the bottom rail to offset the differences. Maybe even painting words or motto. Also thinking additional wooden straps may balance it more.

Regards

DAN

-- ..... art for lifes sake

the top does look like clouds or the tops of the trees… maybe you can tie it in that way, some how

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

beautiful work as always Dan.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

another one that is awesome. Each is it’s own special piece, yet consistent to the style and genre of the art you are doing. I am just so impressed, wished I had the ability to do it. Great work again.

-- Mark DeCou - Kansas Flinthill's Artisan

Thanks to everyone again !

-- ..... art for lifes sake