some new projects

Wonderful pieces Russ, beautifully executed. Thanks for sharing them with us…

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

Nice work, and functional too!

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Nice pieces Russ. I especially liked the newspaper rack. I’ve never seen Birch with so much light/dark heavy wood grains before. Are you sure it is Birch? (sorry, I’m wood challenged).

-- Mike, American in Norway

Thanks for the comments! The birch I have is over 10 years old, cut with a chainsaw mill and air dried. Here is another example of birch: The one on the left has a lot of spalting and I love making stuff with it. Russ

-- Happiness is being covered in sawdust

Thanks Russ. Ok, if the dark is all due to spalting then I’m on the same page as you. In fact, I have left many birch short logs sit upright in the dirt to spalt, and in out wet climate here that doesn’t take very long-. Thanks for the reply.

-- Mike, American in Norway

Nice stuff, the wood is really pretty. I don’t guess I’ve ever seen Alaskan birch. It all has style, but I especially like the look of the necklace rack. Thanks for the post.

-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."