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Stooble.... Gallery or Fair?

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Like I was saying…. I create 5 – 10 of these a week. This one is really unique & nice. The wrinkling of the exterior, for a lack of a better description, I call “elephant neck”. Then theres the puppy foot. I have taken these to fairs & shows. around here in PA people call this firewood. Then theres the pricing… Carpenter price = 25.00 an hour… cabinet maker price 35.00 an hour… Furniture builder price 50.00 an hour… then theres the artist price of 100.00 an hour. LOL, I like to think of it as art! This piece is POPLAR…. Not the prettiest wood. But in log form, with all the lumps & knobs, is nice.

-- Ted, TX or PA www.around-the-bend.com


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Scott Bryan

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posted 148 days ago

Ted,

This is a very interesting piece. It certainly has a lot of character. Nice transformation of “firewood”.

Well done.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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trifern

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posted 148 days ago

I love the character of the elephant neck.

-- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.

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Jarrod Zion Murphree

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posted 148 days ago

Do you sell quite a few of these??? Interested to know.

I like that ‘elephant neck’...sorta just want to pet it.

-- Jarrod, Eagle Nest, NM http://anthologyfinefurniture.wordpress.com

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dennis mitchell

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posted 148 days ago

...and just how many hours? Nice chunk of wood.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

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jockmike2

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posted 148 days ago

That definately is art. Don’t let anyone tell you anything different. It is whatever you say it is. I once saw my older brother sell a box of crap he was going to take to the junkyard, for $5.00, there was a piece of an inner tube, a piece of wire, a part of a piece of duct work, a smashed up old carberater from a lawn mower probabley 10 years old and a chunk of a woven basket. If he can sell that. Believe me when I say that is art, and someone out there will pay you $100.00 or more for it. That’s not putting down your piece, personnaly I like it, I would love to have that in my home as a stand, in fact I have an old catalpa stump I put 3 log legs on 40 years ago, and called it art, and still have it in my living room as a lamp table. So, to each his own, to me it’s art, and worth whatever you say it’s worth. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

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TexPenn

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posted 148 days ago

Thanks for all yalls compliments! I sell 4 or 5 a week…. none around here hardy. a lot in NYC & LA. there is one atleast in every state. My mother in law was at a art show today with her stuff & sold a pair if small ones. There may be 2 hrs in this piece. (but I dont just make one at a time) .... so 100 would be nice.
Ted.

-- Ted, TX or PA www.around-the-bend.com

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