My idea of relaxing Saturday evening. Unless you've spent years doing metal work, it's hard to describe the satisfaction and also the kindred spirit you feel even watching someone else at their craft. I've met many artisans over the years, including ones from other countries and funny enough, we don't even have to speak the same language.There's an undeniable romance in the patina and warmth of metals like copper, bronze, and brass that modern… Read More...

From time to time I like referring back to my old miniature painting and sculpture days, and one of those burner projects I've had for a fair number of years now has been being able to reproduce various types of fungi and make them, ah, glow. There are different forms of this out in the natural world that have their own bioluminescence and over the years people have hopped on the train and started making their own versions, and I've come across… Read More...

Things can get a little crazy in here, so be warned. I set these up primarily so I can refer back to them when I'm doing my own brainstorming in the workshop. I may enable commenting and voting just to get a feel for what people have to say and what they like, but that can come and go depending on potential abuse or other unwanted miscreants showing up. If you do decide to grab any images, and I know some people probably will, all I ask is that… Read More...

Anything could be possible in this section. One day I may be staring out the window and a mossy log being caressed by a fern may catch my eye. I travel when I dream, and my dreams take me places I have been before, places I wish to explore, and places I never knew existed. You never know what I may be thinking about, then all of a sudden my hands start telling me it's time to make these with manifest. It's my way and always has been. As I… Read More...