Tune-up your think melons and caption this painting.
The painting is 17th-century and by an unknown Italian artist. The companion painting featured unclad blacksmiths.
–Suzanne Ellison
My blog at Popular Woodworking- Dugout Chair Part 7, The Bark FliesBefore I could strip the bark off the dugout chair, I needed to shape the chair’s back. The bark had all my layout marks indicating the final shape of the chair. Armed with the TurboPlane, I smoothed out the steps I had cut into the stump earlier with my chainsaw. When I shaped the chair with a chainsaw, I sawed kerfs up and down the back of the chair that [ […]
- Dugout Chair Part 6, Remove the RotMy progress on the dugout chair has been stymied by rains from two hurricanes, building two Campaign bookshelves and laying out a forthcoming book on carving by Mary May. But today I fired up my angle grinder to remove the rotted interior of this silver maple. I don’t have a ton of experience with an angle grinder. But if you’ve used an electric router, then […]
- Sketch Your Way to Better DesignsOne of my best woodworking tools is one I don’t write about much: my sketchbook. It’s an inexpensive spiral-bound thing I get at the grocery store, right by the romance novels. It’s always in my bag when I travel, and it’s on my lap when I’m “encouraged” to watch “Project Runway” with my lovely wife. I keep a mechanical pencil clipped to its metal spirals an […]
- The Workbench X-FilesDuring the last decade I’ve amassed hundreds of images of early workbenches as part of my research into pre-industrial woodworking. Inevitably, some of the images don’t make a lot of sense and now populate a folder named: X-Files. These workbenches are from paintings and their features might be the result of a painter who doesn’t know much about woodworking. […]
- Dugout Chair Part 7, The Bark Flies
LostArtPress on Instagram
In an effort to reduce theft in the shop, Santa implemented the unconventional
The two cherubs in the front are going to grow up to be plumbers.
aaaaand queue the Benny Hill music
Another busy day sees angels throwing caution to concerns over circumcision.
When’s the boss gonna fix the air conditioning?
Obviously, ‘The Naked Woodworker and his brothers as youths’
When the foreman overheard Edvard’s remark that he was an exemplar of a tight fit between his cheeks and shoulders, the impossibility of the joinery was the least of Edvard’s concerns.
No Pants Friday in the office had jumped the shark!
The cherubs probably know the difference between precision and accuracy.
someone help me measure this.
Seriously mate? The cat just vomited and I can’t concentrate back here with that view.
Wow. Breaking all the rules (about protective clothing & accessories, as well as about child labor).
Well here we are naked, underage, child labors, no personal protection equipment, with sharp tools. Wait till OSHA gets this picture. Whats up with the cat, I thought she was still hawking that paste wax. Well least her hair grew back.
Butt Joints
There’s the reason why cherubs are eunichs
Ahh Ha, the shoemaker’s elves doing another moonlight job at the Cabinetmakers Shoppe!
The pre-SawStop Era.
Just be thankful you’re not working in the blacksmith shop.
Another woodworking class with Mike Siemsen, the naked woodworker.
Cupid Carpentry
I thought they asked if I knew how to make a butt joint. How about you?
This is not what I thought they meant when they asked if I could “rip a board”, and, well, there was beer involved.
Hottest damn shop I’ve ever worked in
I don’t care how much it hurts, I’m not letting you take a sliver out of there.
Laundry Day at the Lost Art Press workshop.
From the Renaissance artist known at Tweety: I think I’ll saw with the Putti’s cat.
Mike Siemsen as a baby.
Trump fires all federal regulators and our children pay the price.
Hurry up! Baby needs new shoes…
Angelic Craftsmanship
Eric Campbell ejcampbell1950@gmail.com +1 617 803 4824
>
… they were the most careful of hewers.
Has anyone felt sorry for the cat?
Local Cat Barely Concerned About What Naked Baby Wood Butchers Up To
Let’s get crackin’ there’s work to be done!
Many hineys make for quick work.
Cherubic craft workers on full display.
Shiver twice, cut once.
Best job I ever had!
I’m turning 54 this weekend and I still can’t get plane shavings as good as a naked baby’s.
When’s payday? I need a few things!
Making exposed dovetails, old-school.
Looks like another one of Schwarz’s twisted fantasies…
Boards cut square and planed smooth as a baby’s bottom… No, seriously… feel this!
And in other news, authorities participated in a pre-dawn raid of the Christopher Q. Schwarz Daycare and Furniture Manufactory. Officials received numerous complaints regarding the paper thickness in posters that Schwarz reportedly sells on his alt-anarchist blog. Known to neighbors as a recluse, Schwarz was seen being led out of the building while wearing a glittered halter top with “The Blaze” stenciled across the front. One individual who participated in the raid, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said he was shocked by what officers found when they entered the facility. When asked by this reporter for a comment on the conditions inside, Schwarz shouted, “It’s 17th century vernacular!” The law firm Underhill, Sparklepony, and Maneater will reportedly be representing Schwarz.
Eunuchs in the making!
could you link to the blacksmith photo please?
Here’s the link:http://foto.cambiaste.com/Foto/Ridotte/1/147620/147620_2.jpg
Thank you!
the safety instructions said to remove all loose clothing…
Thanks, but I’ll use my own pencil.
Gives a whole new meaning to the word “Saw”!
Meet our staff:
That’s Seymour Butts on lathe.
Paul Moon on the saw with Peter Sawyer on the receiving end.
Yank Johnson is Jacking the wood.
Phil McCracken is doing a bang up job on the paints.
Taliwhaker Twins are plowing the grooves.
I tell you we need to form a union, then we might be able to afford aprons.
Mrs. Claus says she is TIRED of rips and stains. There, NOW let’s see if you will be more careful!
There were a few peculiar custom specifications for the bespoke furniture order. We, of course, always oblige our “Gold Star” level clients.
So that’s how we got the kerfs on our soft sides.
Whoa. This catnip is great.
Although confused, the workers complied when told to drop their nickers.
The Irish pre-apprentice system, circa 1730.
(Irish because they all seem to have red hair)
Venetian Buffing Compound 1530
And now we know why nobody wants to be on Mike Siemsen’s Christmas card list.
Rama-lam. Ding Dong.
A rare glimpse into Roy Underhill’s workshop in the ’60s.