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July 10 2009 No Comment

Latest Happenings

It’s been a couple of weeks since my last entry because I just didn’t have anything to say. I’ve been lazy since getting back from Tennessee and haven’t had anything going in the shop, by my choice. I may have experienced a little burn out because every time I went out to the shop, I couldn’t make myself do anything constructive. I have a show at Virginia-Highland tomorrow and I have a lot of product, so I really didn’t need to do anything except pack the truck.

I received an order for a very large custom cherry board this week. I made a little progress on it today, but realized I didn’t have enough 6/4 cherry, so I have to make a trip to the lumber yard Monday. This thing will be 25” x 32”. It’s going to be pretty heavy, but should handle any job thrown at it.

I got a chance to play around with some new cutting board designs this week also. A few of them look promising, and hopefully I will get some feedback on them tomorrow. One of the designs has been done by many, but I have never done this zig-zag design before. It involves cross cutting a glued up board at 50 degrees to the saw blade. Then, like the end grain boards, flip every other one and glue the whole thing back together.

This is a small 6” x 10” board made from cherry, walnut, and maple. I can already see the possibilities by playing with different wood combinations and angles.

Zig Zag

Posted in In The Shop by: Dennis • Tags: Cutting Boards, Virginia-Highland

April 12 2009 No Comment

Virginia-Highland Show

Today was another cold and windy show. I know in a couple of months I am going to be complaining about it being hot and sticky. This was a one day show for me on Saturday and the forecast was for partly cloudy. Now, I interpret this as being partly sunny also. Of course this didn’t happen. It was cloudy all day, until an hour before tear down. The wind was pretty steady and most everyone had coats on. It wasn’t as miserable as the Conyers festival, but it was cold enough to be uncomfortable all day. Virginia-Highland is a neighborhood in metro Atlanta that is named so because all the businesses and primary social activity is centered at the intersection of Virginia and Highland Avenues. It’s a very nice, laid-back place to hang out. The show is at this corner, so there is a lot of foot traffic from residents out getting ice cream or a cup of coffee.

The Virginia-Highland show is part of the AFFPS (Atlanta Foundation for Public Spaces). They promote different shows around the Atlanta areas all summer. These are Saturday and Sunday shows where you can do one or both. The neat thing about the shows is that you can apply as late as the Thursday before the weekend show. They also provide tents for a small fee if you don’t want to mess with putting your own tent up.

The show promoter, Patrick Dennis, is one of the best promoters I have worked with. His shows are very organized and he really gets involved with the artists to make them feel at home. At this weekend’s show, he was there all day, wandering around talking to everyone, and even picking up trash. I intend to do more AFFPS shows during the summer.