The chair has been glued.
There were a couple of problems in the gluing, mainly that the angles of the sides didn't quite match up. This means wood filler, sanding, and finishing to make those details disappear. Oh well. Currently, I'm on Cape Cod, and therefore can't work on the chair itself. I can, however, weave the seat. The warp has been measured and just needs to be |
set on the loom. I've been experimenting with sequences and patterns for the 4-shaft loom. Two patterns that I will use are:
I have also been keeping busy working for local DC artist Margery Goldberg, a woodworker and gallery owner. I've been refinishing her older wooden sculptures and objects, which has been a great learning experience, and I've been getting paid to do so as well, which is awesome.
*AND*, on the side, I've been turning more objects on the wood lathe, for practice, and perhaps for profit. I turned three prototype rolling pins (in Walnut, Cherry, and Rock Maple {photos to come}) and took them to Periwinkle, a dc gift store and former employer of mine. Judy, the owner of the store, gave me lots of great advice on marketing my rolling pins to other local stores and told me to come back with more gift-like objects to possibly sell in-store. This work would be sold on commission: owners of storefronts agree to have my objects in store without purchasing them. If a customer buys the object, the owner of the store gets 20% of the retail price. That way, the maker gets most of the profit, the owner gets profit without buying anything, and the customer gets something handmade at a reasonable price. Everybody wins.
First step, besides making more objects, is thinking of a name for my business. More to come on that front.
First step, besides making more objects, is thinking of a name for my business. More to come on that front.