The Bespoken Word

The Bespoken Word http://blog.fine-ideas.com A Web Blog from Dan & Susie Rieple at Fine Ideas Furniture. posterous.com 39.206652-104.909839http://www.fine-ideas.com/http://www.fine-ideas.com/shared/fineideas-weblogo.pngFine Ideas Furniturefineideasfurniturehttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Daily RotationEach piece of custom handcrafted furniture that I create is functional fine art made with the intent to last many lifetimes. Even after 25 years in woodworking, it is always challenging, with no end to the styles, shapes, designs and combinations of materials. All my work whether Arts & Crafts, Mission Style, Contemporary or Reproduction Period pieces are hand crafted, made to order and built to last many lifetimes. The Photo Gallery will take you through our showroom where you will find dining room furniture, solid wood bedroom furniture, custom cabinets and even some pieces of functional art. Remember that looking after your furniture is very important too, so I have created some tips on Fine Furniture which you can read on my Facebook page or blog. Sincerely, Dan Rieple Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:36:25 -0800 CustomMade.com - Totally Unique Designs http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~3/n3Fp7kyVCto/custom-made http://blog.fine-ideas.com/custom-made <p> <p>I was pleasantly surprised to hear from <a href="http://blog.custommade.com/2011/12/10-totally-unique-custom-finds/" title="CustomMade.com">CustomMade.com</a> that we were chosen as one of their top ten favorites just before Christmas!  Scroll down through the other beautiful pieces to find my dresser "Took A Hit". CustomMade is a great website begun by one guy trying to promote the work of bespoke furniture makers in North America. It's now expanded considerably and includes jewellers, glass makers, and many others.</p> <p>It's quite humbling to see the standard of workmanship out there; it reminds me of preparing for the show in Cody each year. I think - "yes, I like the piece I have created" and then I get there and see the incredible creativity and standard of work by my fellow woodworkers. That's why it's good to go to shows in my opinion - it reminds us that nothing is new under the sun! I'm getting ready for a show in March - the Scottsdale Arts Festival. I think my pieces will be different and unique - and yet, and yet... we shall see.</p> <p>Here is a peek at the end tables I am making for Scottsdale. Not quite finished but three quarters of the way there. Today I'm working on the copper; you will have to wait and see what it's purpose will be!</p> <p> </p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile0.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-02-25/BDlbgwycfqBzuobhbvvHJAuupetjpHHFdFvtCsceEAcpvzJgwiEopwGwEdkH/Put_together_5.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Put_together_5" height="753" src="http://getfile3.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-02-25/BDlbgwycfqBzuobhbvvHJAuupetjpHHFdFvtCsceEAcpvzJgwiEopwGwEdkH/Put_together_5.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </p> <p></p> <p>P.S. CustomMade.com is an online marketplace that connects buyers of custom furrniture, decorative items and other products with the artisans who make them.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/custom-made">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/custom-made#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=n3Fp7kyVCto:PL3gbrd96F4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=n3Fp7kyVCto:PL3gbrd96F4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=n3Fp7kyVCto:PL3gbrd96F4:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=n3Fp7kyVCto:PL3gbrd96F4:bcOpcFrp8Mo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=n3Fp7kyVCto:PL3gbrd96F4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=n3Fp7kyVCto:PL3gbrd96F4:V-t1I-SPZMU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=V-t1I-SPZMU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=n3Fp7kyVCto:PL3gbrd96F4:DN0H40_Ym5U"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=DN0H40_Ym5U" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=n3Fp7kyVCto:PL3gbrd96F4:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=n3Fp7kyVCto:PL3gbrd96F4:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=n3Fp7kyVCto:PL3gbrd96F4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=n3Fp7kyVCto:PL3gbrd96F4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=n3Fp7kyVCto:PL3gbrd96F4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=n3Fp7kyVCto:PL3gbrd96F4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=n3Fp7kyVCto:PL3gbrd96F4:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=n3Fp7kyVCto:PL3gbrd96F4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=n3Fp7kyVCto:PL3gbrd96F4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=n3Fp7kyVCto:PL3gbrd96F4:cGdyc7Q-1BI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=n3Fp7kyVCto:PL3gbrd96F4:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~4/n3Fp7kyVCto" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1336503/Dan_2010.jpg http://posterous.com/users/hcki9h8K5B60a dan rieple dan dan rieple http://blog.fine-ideas.com/custom-made Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:11:00 -0800 What is value? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~3/aL1SOhehj9I/your-asking-how-much http://blog.fine-ideas.com/your-asking-how-much <p> <p>The price of a thing and the value of a thing are in my opinion, relatives but not siblings and certainly not identical twins.  Like most people, I would like to pay two bucks for a bottle of nice Cabernet Sauvignon or two bucks a pound for well raised, fed and aged filet Mignon.  But that isn't going to happen and it shouldn't.  In the case of furniture (mine anyway) it's mostly simple arithmetic with the added original art component.</p> <p>Let's say a large furniture manufacturer wants to produce a new and unique end table.  The front end cost to get that end table to production is not insignificant.  There is the designer or more likely a design team, the marketing team, probably an engineer, there is the making of a few prototypes, CNC (computerized machinery) programming, tooling, material purchasing and probably a few more things I have left out before the end tables even begins it's journey to being a finished product.  I'm making an educated guess here, but that front end cost for a new end table might be in the neighborhood of $10,000  It should be, and most often is, a very well made piece of furniture but it won't cost you $10k.  So here's where the very simple arithmetic (my favorite kind) comes in...if they make 10,000 end tables, that front end cost is a dollar per end table.</p> <p>For those of us in the custom furniture making business, the process is similar. The main difference is that we usually wear all the hats and the front end cost isn't even close to that of a large manufacturer.  To be sure, there is some front end cost (mostly in time spent) but the bulk of our cost is in the time and energy we spend "giving birth" to a new and unique piece of functional art. <a href="http://www.allprodad.com/blog/2012/02/10/creative-japanese-commercial/" title="Japanese Phone" target="_blank">Look at this link </a>- do you think the creator of this amazing piece was thinking about cost at this point or being creative? My guess is that he was thinking about a unique creation.</p> <p>Finally another <a href="http://blog.custommade.com/2011/07/its-all-about-value-explaining-the-cost-of-custom-items/" title="CustomMade">link to an article</a> on the website CustomMade.com. I mostly agree with what they say, although I would add below a comment about Sam Maloof's rockers - his work was so admired as a work of art that its perceived value justified its cost.</p> <p><span style="color: #3366ff;">"I would make one minor adjustment in the equation utility-price=value. This works fine for something utilitarian like toys, or even a basic table or desk that needs to fit a specific spot. But in high-end furniture, the equation clearly goes beyond just utility. Certainly a Maloof rocker did not provide tens of thousands of dollars of utility to its owner, but was so admired as a work of art that its perceived value justified its cost. While many custom inquiries are indeed based purely on utilitarian value, these ignores the importance of quality design, careful selection of materials and grain, and the artistic qualities a hand-crafted piece can exhibit. I don’t claim to be in the same universe as Sam Maloof, but I do strive to create beautiful things out of wood that I hope carry more value than just their usefulness as a table, box, or chair."</span></p> <p>So, what do you think is value?</p> <p> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/your-asking-how-much">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/your-asking-how-much#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=aL1SOhehj9I:2o2JzF8Ovek:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=aL1SOhehj9I:2o2JzF8Ovek:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=aL1SOhehj9I:2o2JzF8Ovek:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=aL1SOhehj9I:2o2JzF8Ovek:bcOpcFrp8Mo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=aL1SOhehj9I:2o2JzF8Ovek:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=aL1SOhehj9I:2o2JzF8Ovek:V-t1I-SPZMU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=V-t1I-SPZMU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=aL1SOhehj9I:2o2JzF8Ovek:DN0H40_Ym5U"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=DN0H40_Ym5U" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=aL1SOhehj9I:2o2JzF8Ovek:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=aL1SOhehj9I:2o2JzF8Ovek:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=aL1SOhehj9I:2o2JzF8Ovek:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=aL1SOhehj9I:2o2JzF8Ovek:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=aL1SOhehj9I:2o2JzF8Ovek:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=aL1SOhehj9I:2o2JzF8Ovek:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=aL1SOhehj9I:2o2JzF8Ovek:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=aL1SOhehj9I:2o2JzF8Ovek:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=aL1SOhehj9I:2o2JzF8Ovek:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=aL1SOhehj9I:2o2JzF8Ovek:cGdyc7Q-1BI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=aL1SOhehj9I:2o2JzF8Ovek:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~4/aL1SOhehj9I" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1336503/Dan_2010.jpg http://posterous.com/users/hcki9h8K5B60a dan rieple dan dan rieple http://blog.fine-ideas.com/your-asking-how-much Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:56:46 -0800 Great Expectations and the Anatomy of an Artist http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~3/I6EeRGQ0o9s/anatomy-of-an-artist-part-i http://blog.fine-ideas.com/anatomy-of-an-artist-part-i <p> <p>There are many facets to an artist, but one quality that most, if not all artists possess to some degree is in... in... insecurity.  There! I've said it.  Not that I want to admit it but it's true, if we're honest that is.  So who wants to show that bit of dirty laundry?  NO ONE!  That's a character flaw for Pete's sake.  So, we cover it up, or try to anyway.</p> <p>It is 200 years ago today that Charles Dickens was born, and as a consequence there is much in the media celebrating his life and amazing writings. I heard Simon Callow, the actor and also biographer of a new book on Dickens, say today : '"Dickens' greatest fiction was his own character.....People think of him as a jolly chap ... but he was ... increasingly plagued with depression and a sense of hopelessness and despair. And that's worth knowing. I think it's always good to know that great creative individuals have their struggle, their drama." How well put. Or as writer friend said to me when I asked, "do you ever wonder if you're good enough?" and he answered, as he puffed on his pipe, "Ah yes, that is a question we really don't want to ask ourselves." </p> <p>So then I think, perhaps it is the insecurity that drives us on in some way, to prove to ourselves that we do have a gift,  but then we try to take it back as if we were the source, rather than what it is, a gift.<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Charles-dickens-007" height="276" src="http://getfile7.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-02-07/wtidipCgzsDjyIpGkxuIIIIqEpuFDzajaIIquGsioxswAmjInkyGDabpfGaE/Charles-Dickens-007.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="460" /> </div> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/anatomy-of-an-artist-part-i">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/anatomy-of-an-artist-part-i#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=I6EeRGQ0o9s:yQYLWAumxSU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=I6EeRGQ0o9s:yQYLWAumxSU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=I6EeRGQ0o9s:yQYLWAumxSU:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=I6EeRGQ0o9s:yQYLWAumxSU:bcOpcFrp8Mo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=I6EeRGQ0o9s:yQYLWAumxSU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=I6EeRGQ0o9s:yQYLWAumxSU:V-t1I-SPZMU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=V-t1I-SPZMU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=I6EeRGQ0o9s:yQYLWAumxSU:DN0H40_Ym5U"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=DN0H40_Ym5U" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=I6EeRGQ0o9s:yQYLWAumxSU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=I6EeRGQ0o9s:yQYLWAumxSU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=I6EeRGQ0o9s:yQYLWAumxSU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=I6EeRGQ0o9s:yQYLWAumxSU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=I6EeRGQ0o9s:yQYLWAumxSU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=I6EeRGQ0o9s:yQYLWAumxSU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=I6EeRGQ0o9s:yQYLWAumxSU:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=I6EeRGQ0o9s:yQYLWAumxSU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=I6EeRGQ0o9s:yQYLWAumxSU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=I6EeRGQ0o9s:yQYLWAumxSU:cGdyc7Q-1BI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=I6EeRGQ0o9s:yQYLWAumxSU:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~4/I6EeRGQ0o9s" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1336503/Dan_2010.jpg http://posterous.com/users/hcki9h8K5B60a dan rieple dan dan rieple http://blog.fine-ideas.com/anatomy-of-an-artist-part-i Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:07:18 -0800 Buffalo Bill Museum, Cody, Wyoming aka The Smithsonian of the West http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~3/7845Esx9qok/buffalo-bill-museum-cody-wyoming http://blog.fine-ideas.com/buffalo-bill-museum-cody-wyoming <p> <p>It may be that you feel somewhat relieved to reach the end of this particular video project! In the two videos below you will see the completion of Game On, and then off to Cody we go. The final video briefly shows the area in the Buffalo Bill Historical Center (which we call The Museum) where we and other artists display original pieces of art furniture "from these here western parts" in the Cody High Style Show - It is a great time, and very well attended by some of the most talented artists and artisans.  By the way, what the heck is the difference between an artist and an artisan?  Not much me thinks.</p> <p>You may not know the museum, but the National Tour Association recently honored the Buffalo Bill Historical Center as one of America's "favorite museums for group travelers" and the Smithsonian of the West I read somewhere. We couldn't agree more.  Susie & I really look forward to the show each September - Cody has a unique atmousphere, full of friendly people, artisans, artists, and creative souls showing their wares and what-nots to the public. I think you better come. heck, make a little holiday out of it and go through Yellowstone while your at it.  It is "other worldly" in my opinion.  No better artist that God.  I think he may have done his best work there.</p> <p>The show this year is September 18 to September 22 - so put it on your calendars!</p> <p> </p> <p><div class='p_embed p_video_embed'> <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/buffalo-bill-museum-cody-wyoming"><img alt="" src="http://getfile2.posterous.com/getfile/video.posterous.com/temp-2012-01-31/zueHBDJHfkyCdIdghBzzoeovcaksijEyacqJCCvygHbkegJqsBaJkwwbgbzH/frame_0000.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <strong>FineIdeas-GameOn-Part13.mp4</strong> <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/buffalo-bill-museum-cody-wyoming">Watch on Posterous</a> </div> </div> <div class='p_embed p_video_embed'> <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/buffalo-bill-museum-cody-wyoming"><img alt="" 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src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=7845Esx9qok:R1XtlZ8O850:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=7845Esx9qok:R1XtlZ8O850:cGdyc7Q-1BI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=7845Esx9qok:R1XtlZ8O850:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~4/7845Esx9qok" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1336503/Dan_2010.jpg http://posterous.com/users/hcki9h8K5B60a dan rieple dan dan rieple http://blog.fine-ideas.com/buffalo-bill-museum-cody-wyoming Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:39:53 -0800 The Payoff Starts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~3/4wcSOcgQn88/the-payoff-starts http://blog.fine-ideas.com/the-payoff-starts <p> <p>This video shows the final assembled piece and the application of the pudding like paste wood filler.  It has taken a good deal of time, effort, and head scratching to get this baby down the birth canal, but it looks as though it has been worth while.  By all indications it is going to finish out to be a very cool piece and a Fine Idea.  As I said in the last blog, not every idea turns out to be a good one, but I do believe that the sooner we can accept that simple but so-true statement the less burdened we are with the worry of having what we think is a good idea turn out to be a bad idea.  It's a given...we will all have bad ideas from time to time.  Wow! how liberating.</p> <p>So next time you have a great idea that turns out to be not so good or even bad, extend yourself some grace.  And when someone else you know has a similar experience, extend them some grace as well.  Perhaps this is one way we learn humility and compassion<div class='p_embed p_video_embed'> <a 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sometimes when designing and making an art piece.  Will it all hold together? Will it look good? Will I like it? Will others like it?  As a fellow artist said to me at Christmas "I've come to learn over the years that not every idea is a good one!". That is rather comforting actually. Well, happily, I think that all of the details came together to make a good piece.</p> <p>In this video you will see some final components completed. The drawers were a considerable challenge as there were no flat surfaces or square edges with which to clamp or make the dovetails.</p> <p>It was a nice change working on the lathe making the shakers for the dice. The wood for them actually came from an discarded root burl that Susie and I found when looking at houses to fix up last year. It turns out to be Box Elder, weighing some 300 lbs but we managed to heave it into the trailer. I think it will be in our inventory for several years!</p> <p> </p> <p><div class='p_embed p_video_embed'> <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/rolling-the-dice"><img alt="" src="http://getfile0.posterous.com/getfile/video.posterous.com/temp-2012-01-12/gpAarsndGdxcHrlujwIlICeFwChdvljJxtmcdiojhGBvltpEiktgagDeIidp/frame_0000.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <strong>FineIdeas-GameOn-Part11.mp4</strong> <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/rolling-the-dice">Watch on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/rolling-the-dice">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/rolling-the-dice#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=D9RhuOmW7rU:27qcj1BjWuk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=D9RhuOmW7rU:27qcj1BjWuk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=D9RhuOmW7rU:27qcj1BjWuk:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=D9RhuOmW7rU:27qcj1BjWuk:bcOpcFrp8Mo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=D9RhuOmW7rU:27qcj1BjWuk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=D9RhuOmW7rU:27qcj1BjWuk:V-t1I-SPZMU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=V-t1I-SPZMU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=D9RhuOmW7rU:27qcj1BjWuk:DN0H40_Ym5U"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=DN0H40_Ym5U" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=D9RhuOmW7rU:27qcj1BjWuk:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=D9RhuOmW7rU:27qcj1BjWuk:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=D9RhuOmW7rU:27qcj1BjWuk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=D9RhuOmW7rU:27qcj1BjWuk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=D9RhuOmW7rU:27qcj1BjWuk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=D9RhuOmW7rU:27qcj1BjWuk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=D9RhuOmW7rU:27qcj1BjWuk:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=D9RhuOmW7rU:27qcj1BjWuk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=D9RhuOmW7rU:27qcj1BjWuk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=D9RhuOmW7rU:27qcj1BjWuk:cGdyc7Q-1BI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=D9RhuOmW7rU:27qcj1BjWuk:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~4/D9RhuOmW7rU" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1336503/Dan_2010.jpg http://posterous.com/users/hcki9h8K5B60a dan rieple dan dan rieple http://blog.fine-ideas.com/rolling-the-dice Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:59:11 -0800 Planking of Another Sort http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~3/wM3wXJhjJtw/slab-in-on http://blog.fine-ideas.com/slab-in-on <p> <p>This video describes the top slab for the Game Table. Susie and I cut down this large scrub oak tree last spring at a neighbor's ranch.  It was large and mostly dead with many spalted areas which really just added to the spectacular color and grain variation.  It did however need a healthy infusion of epoxy to renew it's strength and hardness.</p> <p>I have to confess, I am usually a bit nauseated when people over spiritualize stuff.  And when they say that God told them "thus and such" or worse, they were given, "a word for me", the yellow caution lights glare in my cerebellum.  But I digress.  The thought process here is just to say; as with the lowly scrub oak, the splits, knots, decay and whatever else makes up the criteria for discard, can be transformed into beauty when the master is given a chance to work his kind of magic.  God knows, scrub oak requires a good deal of work to make it look like some kind of magic has occurred...just like this knot-head.</p> <p>Happy New Year and don't be too bummed if you don't hit the resolution targets.  I think most of them are 200 yard shots with a bow anyway.  And don't be too O'bummered if the election doesn't go the way you want or the economy doesn't improve as quickly as you'd like.  With few exceptions, we are not even close to what my parents described of their experience in the great depression.</p> <p><div class='p_embed p_video_embed'> <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/slab-in-on"><img alt="" src="http://getfile1.posterous.com/getfile/video.posterous.com/temp-2011-12-22/leFkDJwhpbwHCsIilrziJmgGFeDckkdEaFqidgvcaoobakkxHvsgqeHBjHgt/frame_0000.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <strong>part10_describing-the-top-piece-and-fabrication-thereof_20111011.m4v</strong> <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/slab-in-on">Watch on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/slab-in-on">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/slab-in-on#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a 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src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~4/wM3wXJhjJtw" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1336503/Dan_2010.jpg http://posterous.com/users/hcki9h8K5B60a dan rieple dan dan rieple http://blog.fine-ideas.com/slab-in-on Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:06:51 -0800 One Leg at a Time http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~3/JrJgaKdsKEA/one-leg-at-a-time http://blog.fine-ideas.com/one-leg-at-a-time <p> <p><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Garamond;">This video shows the attachment of the legs for the Game Table, "Game On". These support both the curved bit as well as the top.  The legs, which are tapered, do indeed pierce the top. It was tricky but worth all the head scratching. Reviewing the video reminded me of the expression "we all put our trousers on, one leg at a time", and today was one of those days. <br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: Garamond;">Because lest anyone thinks I or any other wood worker/artist (who has been at it professionally for around 27 years) is by now<span style="color: #888888;"> e</span>xempt from screw-ups, then you are severely mistaken.  I was reminded yet again today that the finishing process can, has, and did once again kick my ass.  And it seems to happen most often, when I am being the most conscientious, methodical and all that.  I do indeed put my pants on one leg at a time.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><div class='p_embed p_video_embed'> <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/one-leg-at-a-time"><img alt="" src="http://getfile6.posterous.com/getfile/video.posterous.com/temp-2011-12-14/BnGDqeCnEsHDzwBmIxGtmaByrgrCizIAvkpqjbaubvwyggbxdxfsmyChFiwv/frame_0000.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <strong>FineIdeas-GameOn-Part9.mp4</strong> <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/one-leg-at-a-time">Watch on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;">You w</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;">an</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;">t</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"> to know what happened?  If not skip the rest of this.  If so, here it is in a nuts</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;">hell. I paste wood filler (a pudding like product to fill pores) to the top of a very nice looking quarter-sawn, white oak tabletop.  Then I stained it with a dye stain that I had cut with a bit of gum turpentine and mixed with another color to get the color  I wanted.  It was pe</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;">rfect.  It was left to dry overnight but was face down as I intended to finish the bottom first.  The bottom turned out fine as I was using a standard precat lacquer.  I then turned the top over the next day and prepared to finish it.  As this was to be a heavily used table, I intended to use a conversion varnish, which is very durable and moisture resistant.  It is also very finicky in that it requires ideal surface conditions for top performance.  I have determined that the stain and paste wood filler had not completely flashed off all of the solvents and I ended up with a top full of "fish eyes" or craters.  Essentially, it looks like it has been shot with a shotgun from about a hundred yards.  So, it is now scraped. Tomorrow it will be sanded and I will begin again, but this time allowing time for all solvents to evaporate.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;">Yep. Not such a good day. But there is always something to learn from it. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;">This is Dan Rieple. Believe it!</span></span></p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/one-leg-at-a-time">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/one-leg-at-a-time#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JrJgaKdsKEA:IvSOjIfTClY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JrJgaKdsKEA:IvSOjIfTClY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JrJgaKdsKEA:IvSOjIfTClY:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JrJgaKdsKEA:IvSOjIfTClY:bcOpcFrp8Mo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JrJgaKdsKEA:IvSOjIfTClY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JrJgaKdsKEA:IvSOjIfTClY:V-t1I-SPZMU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=V-t1I-SPZMU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JrJgaKdsKEA:IvSOjIfTClY:DN0H40_Ym5U"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=DN0H40_Ym5U" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JrJgaKdsKEA:IvSOjIfTClY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=JrJgaKdsKEA:IvSOjIfTClY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JrJgaKdsKEA:IvSOjIfTClY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=JrJgaKdsKEA:IvSOjIfTClY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JrJgaKdsKEA:IvSOjIfTClY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=JrJgaKdsKEA:IvSOjIfTClY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JrJgaKdsKEA:IvSOjIfTClY:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JrJgaKdsKEA:IvSOjIfTClY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=JrJgaKdsKEA:IvSOjIfTClY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JrJgaKdsKEA:IvSOjIfTClY:cGdyc7Q-1BI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JrJgaKdsKEA:IvSOjIfTClY:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~4/JrJgaKdsKEA" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1336503/Dan_2010.jpg http://posterous.com/users/hcki9h8K5B60a dan rieple dan dan rieple http://blog.fine-ideas.com/one-leg-at-a-time Sat, 03 Dec 2011 08:56:00 -0800 Now you see it, now you don't http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~3/FBCZDnWGgCU/now-you-see-it-now-you-dont http://blog.fine-ideas.com/now-you-see-it-now-you-dont <p> <p>I was going to talk about the "bad breath" wood this time but upon reflection I have decided that topic stinks!  So in brief, the wood is Russian Olive and it stinks in so many ways. First it's a messy and dirty tree with nasty thorns.  Second it is a water sucker, and Third, it smells like cat pee when you work it.  It does have one redeeming quality however, it is pretty nice looking when all finished up.  Here is a <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=russian+olive+wood&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=i8J&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=jXHZTr3XCIm02gWTrqzJDg&ved=0CEgQsAQ&biw=1011&bih=562" title="Russian Olive">website</a> that has many pictures of stuff made from it. <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=russian+olive+wood&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=i8J&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=jXHZTr3XCIm02gWTrqzJDg&ved=0CEgQsAQ&biw=1011&bih=562" title="Russian Olive">Some pretty cool stuff.</a></p> <p>You will want to keep your distance from all the woodworkers however, as they will now and forever smell of cat pee.  Not a good marketing strategy I think.  Ok, so they don't smell like cat pee any more, but they did.  Give me scrub oak...it smells of a whiskey barrel.</p> <p>The video here attached shows how Game On is beginning to take shape.  With much effort, tedium and persistence, a design gradually becomes a tangible piece of...well...Art.  There is not another one like it that I have ever seen or heard of and it is doubtful it will ever be mass produced.  What you see here are the stages of a piece that excite me.  You start off with some graphite and a lot of eraser marks on a few pieces of paper.  Then you gather the raw material, from the forest in this case.  Some of it you mill into planks that are then "Stickered" and left to air dry for months (slow is better me thinks) or kiln dry for days.  Then you make the parts to make other parts to make other parts to eventually combine the parts to make the sum of the parts and voila! you now have something that looks like part of your original sketch, and it is good.  Sometimes very good.  Sometimes not so good, which is very bad but in this case it was very good.</p> <p>At these times, I often think of the line in Young Frankenstein where Gene Wilder (aka Dr. "roll in da hay" Fronkensteen) says, "It's  <span style="font-size: small;">a-<span style="font-size: medium;">l</span></span><span style="font-size: large;">-i</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">-v-</span><span style="font-size: xx-large;">e!"</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p>So...now you are beginning to "see it" where as before you did not.</p> <p>This is Dan Rieple, Believe it.</p> <p> </p> <p><div class='p_embed p_video_embed'> <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/now-you-see-it-now-you-dont"><img alt="" src="http://getfile0.posterous.com/getfile/video.posterous.com/temp-2011-12-03/cBGsEdBFrtBjedIcoEBCiDebhcrFtFboolzrvobteDffmhjtujvpumbhrlGy/frame_0000.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <strong>FineIdeas-GameOn-Part8.mp4</strong> <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/now-you-see-it-now-you-dont">Watch on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/now-you-see-it-now-you-dont">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/now-you-see-it-now-you-dont#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=FBCZDnWGgCU:rUq1DrrgCfE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=FBCZDnWGgCU:rUq1DrrgCfE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=FBCZDnWGgCU:rUq1DrrgCfE:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=FBCZDnWGgCU:rUq1DrrgCfE:bcOpcFrp8Mo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=FBCZDnWGgCU:rUq1DrrgCfE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=FBCZDnWGgCU:rUq1DrrgCfE:V-t1I-SPZMU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=V-t1I-SPZMU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=FBCZDnWGgCU:rUq1DrrgCfE:DN0H40_Ym5U"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=DN0H40_Ym5U" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=FBCZDnWGgCU:rUq1DrrgCfE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=FBCZDnWGgCU:rUq1DrrgCfE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=FBCZDnWGgCU:rUq1DrrgCfE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=FBCZDnWGgCU:rUq1DrrgCfE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=FBCZDnWGgCU:rUq1DrrgCfE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=FBCZDnWGgCU:rUq1DrrgCfE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=FBCZDnWGgCU:rUq1DrrgCfE:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=FBCZDnWGgCU:rUq1DrrgCfE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=FBCZDnWGgCU:rUq1DrrgCfE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=FBCZDnWGgCU:rUq1DrrgCfE:cGdyc7Q-1BI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=FBCZDnWGgCU:rUq1DrrgCfE:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~4/FBCZDnWGgCU" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1336503/Dan_2010.jpg http://posterous.com/users/hcki9h8K5B60a dan rieple dan dan rieple http://blog.fine-ideas.com/now-you-see-it-now-you-dont Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:11:29 -0800 The Woods Less Traveled http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~3/JP3kTdcBu20/the-woods-less-traveled http://blog.fine-ideas.com/the-woods-less-traveled <p> <p>It seems that in recent years I am drawn to wood that can often be overlooked. It started with old fence-posts from a ranching neighbor. It was so satisfying to work with something that would normally be put tossed away when it's apparent usefulness was finished. In sanding and sculpting the old juniper or pitch pine posts, I was never disappointed by the resulting new life it was given.  They were beautiful this time with a new and more refined purpose - a lamp, a wine holder, a yule log, or table legs. </p> <p>This episode of the "Game On" video, you will see me making the pulls for the drawers that will hold the chess and backgammon pieces. Happily to say, no deer lost it's life giving up its antlers for a higher cause. In fact, as many of your know, Deer shed their antlers annually as a prelude to the regeneration or re-growth, of new ones. Here it is again, the theme of renewal, new life - second chances.</p> <p>Of late however, I have been intrigued by the wood from trees almost never even considered for a piece of furniture.  A desk and chair I have named "The Least of These" and "Sit" and a game table called "Game On" are all made from the lowly scrub oak (quercus gambelii).  Mostly it is fuel wood and shreds you and your clothes when you ride or walk through it, but it has other attributes of which most people are unaware.  It is a snow catcher so the pasture grass is almost always thickest and greenest in an oak brush patch.  It is great cover for new-borns...deer, calves, elk, birds and more.  And, in the fall it gives us all the fall colors in one species.  How does it do that?  And finally, I would have to say that it makes for beautiful furniture.  Because of it's small stature and rarely straight, it will not be fashioned by conventional methods.  It requires more time to cure, more effort to work and more quantity 'cause their small but tough, very tough. </p> <p><div class='p_embed p_video_embed'> <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/the-woods-less-traveled"><img alt="" src="http://getfile1.posterous.com/getfile/video.posterous.com/temp-2011-11-17/DxzEfhvEmzAmzzbdyyytoqviFtothpCvytiyfqxHjoxvftdccenFfJjkdDef/frame_0000.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <strong>FineIdeas-GameOn-Part7.mp4</strong> <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/the-woods-less-traveled">Watch on Posterous</a> </div> </div> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"></span></p> <p>And one last thing about scrub oak...when it is old and near the end of it's life, the wood is often not as tough or hard.  But it is far more interesting and colorful and fragrant.  Does that remind you of anything or anyone?</p> <p>Next time, if I remember, I must write something about <strong>Bad Breath Wood</strong> that is just nasty in almost every way.  But wait, there may be a glimmer of hope for it as a furniture wood.  Just wear a mask if you want to be kissed later.</p> <p>Signing off, Dan Rieple. Believe it!</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/the-woods-less-traveled">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/the-woods-less-traveled#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JP3kTdcBu20:39Ia4LTROwk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JP3kTdcBu20:39Ia4LTROwk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JP3kTdcBu20:39Ia4LTROwk:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JP3kTdcBu20:39Ia4LTROwk:bcOpcFrp8Mo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JP3kTdcBu20:39Ia4LTROwk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JP3kTdcBu20:39Ia4LTROwk:V-t1I-SPZMU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=V-t1I-SPZMU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JP3kTdcBu20:39Ia4LTROwk:DN0H40_Ym5U"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=DN0H40_Ym5U" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JP3kTdcBu20:39Ia4LTROwk:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=JP3kTdcBu20:39Ia4LTROwk:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JP3kTdcBu20:39Ia4LTROwk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=JP3kTdcBu20:39Ia4LTROwk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JP3kTdcBu20:39Ia4LTROwk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=JP3kTdcBu20:39Ia4LTROwk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JP3kTdcBu20:39Ia4LTROwk:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JP3kTdcBu20:39Ia4LTROwk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=JP3kTdcBu20:39Ia4LTROwk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JP3kTdcBu20:39Ia4LTROwk:cGdyc7Q-1BI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=JP3kTdcBu20:39Ia4LTROwk:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~4/JP3kTdcBu20" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1336503/Dan_2010.jpg http://posterous.com/users/hcki9h8K5B60a dan rieple dan dan rieple http://blog.fine-ideas.com/the-woods-less-traveled Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:40:00 -0800 Where have all the WoodShop Classes gone? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~3/EvX3l3ndByI/where-have-all-the-woodshop-classes-gone http://blog.fine-ideas.com/where-have-all-the-woodshop-classes-gone <p> <p>The Making of a checker board is really a beginning woodworking project taught to kids in wood shop classes around the age of 15.  Oh, hang on, what wood shop classes?  There are very few nowadays due to budget cuts or  liability or whatever reason.  What a shame.  Not all kids are University bound nor should they be.  There is a Proverb that says something like, "Raise up a child in the way they should go."  I used to think the parents were the ones who determined the best course for their kids, but I've been enlightened.  The Proverb says, "...the way THEY should go." not the way we think they should go.  Ya Ya you want your kid to do something considered a part of the intelligentsia like those in the current <strong>big</strong> banking industry.  Who do you think designed and fabricated the desk and office they work in?  And where will the next designers and builders come from?  I think it might be time to reinstate the old wood and metal shop classes.</p> <p>In this video of the Game On series I show how the checker board is laminated to a core material.  The backgammon board is laminated to the other side of the same core.  As I mentioned, a checker board is a beginning wood shop project so portions of the video take me back to "wood shop 101" or age 15. Wow that was a long time ago, as I will soon be 54. </p> <p>So, where have all the wood shops gone? As a result of the ever fading Industrial Arts classes, as they once were, I believe there will be some developmental stuff that just won't happen.  Kids won't learn a lot of stuff.  Making a <strong>wooden</strong> chess board (or something similar) and the problems that are solved in the process, is just a tiny precursor to the bigger issues in life. </p> <p>Now I'll get off of my soap box (which is made of <strong>wood</strong> incidentally) and refer to a couple of articles that give some hope that the wisdom of the ages is still relevant.  The <a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2011/10/labour-markets?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/thereturnofartisanalemployment" title="Economist Article">Economist</a> recently wrote an excellent article on this. Check out "<a href="http://wisdomofhands.blogspot.com/" title="Wisdom of the Hands">Wisdom of the Hands</a>" blog and finally another great article from the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/31/garden/31kids.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all" title="New York Times Kindergarten Shop Class">New York Times</a> entitled "Kindergarten Shop Class" which I found very inspirational.</p> <p>So there you have it!  This is Dan Rieple. Believe it!</p> <p><div class='p_embed p_video_embed'> <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/where-have-all-the-woodshop-classes-gone"><img alt="" src="http://getfile1.posterous.com/getfile/video.posterous.com/temp-2011-11-16/FghyHugblDdwavAuHjsicvzkezdFhBBAhnrnkobicvBAAlHCggbvwEmzIhtl/frame_0000.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <strong>FineIdeas-GameOn-Part6.mp4</strong> <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/where-have-all-the-woodshop-classes-gone">Watch on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/where-have-all-the-woodshop-classes-gone">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/where-have-all-the-woodshop-classes-gone#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=EvX3l3ndByI:OelKMKQAFyA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=EvX3l3ndByI:OelKMKQAFyA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=EvX3l3ndByI:OelKMKQAFyA:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=EvX3l3ndByI:OelKMKQAFyA:bcOpcFrp8Mo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=EvX3l3ndByI:OelKMKQAFyA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=EvX3l3ndByI:OelKMKQAFyA:V-t1I-SPZMU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=V-t1I-SPZMU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=EvX3l3ndByI:OelKMKQAFyA:DN0H40_Ym5U"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=DN0H40_Ym5U" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=EvX3l3ndByI:OelKMKQAFyA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=EvX3l3ndByI:OelKMKQAFyA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=EvX3l3ndByI:OelKMKQAFyA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=EvX3l3ndByI:OelKMKQAFyA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=EvX3l3ndByI:OelKMKQAFyA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=EvX3l3ndByI:OelKMKQAFyA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=EvX3l3ndByI:OelKMKQAFyA:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=EvX3l3ndByI:OelKMKQAFyA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=EvX3l3ndByI:OelKMKQAFyA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=EvX3l3ndByI:OelKMKQAFyA:cGdyc7Q-1BI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=EvX3l3ndByI:OelKMKQAFyA:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~4/EvX3l3ndByI" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1336503/Dan_2010.jpg http://posterous.com/users/hcki9h8K5B60a dan rieple dan dan rieple http://blog.fine-ideas.com/where-have-all-the-woodshop-classes-gone Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:14:00 -0700 The Foundational Stuff http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~3/m0x4FhjEH9M/the-foundational-stuff http://blog.fine-ideas.com/the-foundational-stuff <p> <p>Things are a bit out of sequence in this video but I'll try to briefly sort it out. To recap, the mould is the tool which was created to produce the curved component of the game table (as well as <a href="http://www.fine-ideas.com/scrub-oak-writing-desk.html" title="The writing desk">the desk</a>). The last video shows how we adhered the oyster veneer onto this core. </p> <p>This video starts out with me making the top half of the mould. Then the video switches to making that core for the game table and then again switches back to the making of the top half of the mould where I am attaching the steel bolting angles.  It is a bit long but not nearly as long as it actually took.</p> <p>These TV shows where they make a desk or a table in an hour is bull-ony.  They don't show the many set-ups or trial runs.  That has already been done.  If they have to do an operation ten times they only show you once.  And they never show you a wreck.  They don't have a 40 year old wide belt sander that destroys a belt once in a while.  Now that would be some quality viewing.  I hate it when that happens and don't think of it as quality viewing, but it is real life.  Hence the bumper sticker, "..it happens."</p> <p><div class='p_embed p_video_embed'> <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/the-foundational-stuff"><img alt="" src="http://getfile1.posterous.com/getfile/video.posterous.com/temp-2011-11-16/kkrulbBfgmncDmjuecyfcFHsGIieGywBEeIzJusAtBpqnsfycFgBpmiIBmwr/frame_0000.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <strong>FineIdeas-GameOn-Part5.mp4</strong> <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/the-foundational-stuff">Watch on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/the-foundational-stuff">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/the-foundational-stuff#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=m0x4FhjEH9M:ZWC5GV57v8I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=m0x4FhjEH9M:ZWC5GV57v8I:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=m0x4FhjEH9M:ZWC5GV57v8I:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=m0x4FhjEH9M:ZWC5GV57v8I:bcOpcFrp8Mo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=m0x4FhjEH9M:ZWC5GV57v8I:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=m0x4FhjEH9M:ZWC5GV57v8I:V-t1I-SPZMU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=V-t1I-SPZMU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=m0x4FhjEH9M:ZWC5GV57v8I:DN0H40_Ym5U"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=DN0H40_Ym5U" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=m0x4FhjEH9M:ZWC5GV57v8I:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=m0x4FhjEH9M:ZWC5GV57v8I:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=m0x4FhjEH9M:ZWC5GV57v8I:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=m0x4FhjEH9M:ZWC5GV57v8I:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=m0x4FhjEH9M:ZWC5GV57v8I:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=m0x4FhjEH9M:ZWC5GV57v8I:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=m0x4FhjEH9M:ZWC5GV57v8I:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=m0x4FhjEH9M:ZWC5GV57v8I:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=m0x4FhjEH9M:ZWC5GV57v8I:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=m0x4FhjEH9M:ZWC5GV57v8I:cGdyc7Q-1BI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=m0x4FhjEH9M:ZWC5GV57v8I:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~4/m0x4FhjEH9M" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1336503/Dan_2010.jpg http://posterous.com/users/hcki9h8K5B60a dan rieple dan dan rieple http://blog.fine-ideas.com/the-foundational-stuff Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:55:26 -0700 Western Art and Design...what makes it so western. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~3/pQujcu711Ds/western-art-and-designwhat-makes-it-so-wester http://blog.fine-ideas.com/western-art-and-designwhat-makes-it-so-wester <p> <p>I was recently in a kind of round table discussion about what constituted western art and design.  It was fun, revealing, and I was totally unprepared. Since then, I have done some cogitating on the subject.  Cogitating is the benefit of boring, repetitious work (i.e. sanding ad nausium).</p> <p>I think I have landed on a fairly simple convention for what makes western art and design.  It seems that here in the west, we have a kind of primal desire to bring the outside in.  We want to take the wild, make it a bit more mild and put it somewhere in our home.  Some rocks, a stump, a winter landscape, some barbwire, some weathered wood or face of an Indian.  We want to reside in a place that is more "in tune with nature" or connected to the past.  Pictures, paintings, sculptures, furniture, building materials you name it...whatever is part of the western outdoors, we want to make part of the indoors or at least in closer proximity. And, we want it more in it's natural state.  I haven't seen it, but I'm sure a stock tank is being used for a bathtub somewhere.  I know <a href="http://www.bbhcstore.com/browse.cfm/interior-west-by-wally-reber-and-paul-fees/4,51.html" title="Wally Reber">Wally Reber</a> used half of one for a chair.  Trees with the flared part of the stump are beam supports, fine furniture is made from antler sheds as <a href="http://www.nordbergfurniture.com/" title="Doug Nordberg">Doug Nordberg</a> does so beautifully and beds and tables are made from rough hewn trees and logs.</p> <p>As for me and my western art and design, I like very much to use that which seems to be nothing or has been overlooked, or too wild to tame, and transform it into something elegant, and interesting and beautiful and inviting.  Something that says, "<em>you can touch me now, I've been transformed, though I still retain elements of my past,  I will no longer bite. This shrew has been tamed...mostly</em>."  That is, I think, how a piece of western art, or architecture or in my case furniture is defined.</p> <p>So what is western art & design to you?</p> <p>Below are some photos of a chair I made last year.</p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-10-24/fokngsCwzzrgwddcyGkAvkxutawIjDxhgnjBCGeGzlzwCuxkajJGFinteJfB/Close_up_3.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Close_up_3" height="753" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-10-24/fokngsCwzzrgwddcyGkAvkxutawIjDxhgnjBCGeGzlzwCuxkajJGFinteJfB/Close_up_3.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-10-24/BkjeheatdjEwmEfyghIFfsHlgyfpHcGiqoqaoDoCDCnwDrJjyEFBbFvHJjpJ/Close_up_5.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Close_up_5" height="753" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-10-24/BkjeheatdjEwmEfyghIFfsHlgyfpHcGiqoqaoDoCDCnwDrJjyEFBbFvHJjpJ/Close_up_5.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-10-24/tyJGCdbhnBJHfqakmHcbGmHbhjmczmnisxJbtgssqytzvxtnwkjDsfrCfFIC/Final_Alone.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Final_alone" height="870" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-10-24/tyJGCdbhnBJHfqakmHcbGmHbhjmczmnisxJbtgssqytzvxtnwkjDsfrCfFIC/Final_Alone.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-10-24/sCabkHtbbxbrlIEFbqmBwzikDiwoucyntjxzjphDDqFjyqpCFBzGsjzmkjJg/Final_Chair_025.jpg"><img alt="Final_chair_025" height="332.089552238806" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-10-24/sCabkHtbbxbrlIEFbqmBwzikDiwoucyntjxzjphDDqFjyqpCFBzGsjzmkjJg/Final_Chair_025.jpg" width="500" /></a> <div class='p_see_full_gallery'><a 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href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=pQujcu711Ds:V9yaJ5BGTis:cGdyc7Q-1BI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=pQujcu711Ds:V9yaJ5BGTis:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~4/pQujcu711Ds" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1336503/Dan_2010.jpg http://posterous.com/users/hcki9h8K5B60a dan rieple dan dan rieple http://blog.fine-ideas.com/western-art-and-designwhat-makes-it-so-wester Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:49:51 -0700 One on One - the core and the veneers are joined http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~3/fgDrqdkkNGE/mold-or-mould-its-in-there-anyway http://blog.fine-ideas.com/mold-or-mould-its-in-there-anyway <p> <p>You will now see the oyster veneer skin laminated to the core (which was made weeks prior) in the mold which was made especially for this shape.  The underside skin of spalted scrub oak veneer is being laminated at the same time but we didn't film it.  The adhesive, urea resin, is somewhat toxic in the resinous state but is quite inert once it has cured.  It gets very hard, not unlike epoxy, and adheres very well to wood.  A piece of high pressure laminate (Formica) is used as a hard flat face to push the veneer down flat.</p> <p>One thing that is not noticeable with the mold but adds a nice subtle aspect, is that it is not only a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volute" title="meaning of volute">volute</a> like curve , but also has a mild helical turn so that it flairs open slightly at the front.  Just a detail that adds a bit more movement to the piece. </p> <p> </p> <p><div class='p_embed p_video_embed'> <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/mold-or-mould-its-in-there-anyway"><img alt="" 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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~3/IFF9FILyku4/veneer-bringing-the-17th-century-into-the-21s http://blog.fine-ideas.com/veneer-bringing-the-17th-century-into-the-21s <p> <p>Oyster Veneering was a technique used to embelish exquisite furnishings in the 17th Century. The name was given due to the resemblance of cross cut wafers to a whole oyster shell. It is a labor intensive procedure even with our modern methods but the finished product is well worth the time and effort.</p> <p>In this video, you will see the process I use in the fabrication of the oyster pieces being joined together to create the veneer. The wafers start off at 3/16" thick and sanded to 1/16" once the wafer oysters are all joined together.</p> <p><div class='p_embed p_video_embed'> <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/veneer-bringing-the-17th-century-into-the-21s"><img alt="" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/video.posterous.com/temp-2011-10-13/rrdcqoqEvklzuqitEejgEkErnGztEGddEzCFxizCzHfFhrfbwoulDhknmGjl/frame_0000.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <strong>part3_the-oystered-veneer-of-the-game-table_20111003.mp4</strong> <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/veneer-bringing-the-17th-century-into-the-21s">Watch on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </p> <p>N.B. No live oysters we eaten or harmed in anyway during the making of this film.</p> <p> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/veneer-bringing-the-17th-century-into-the-21s">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/veneer-bringing-the-17th-century-into-the-21s#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=IFF9FILyku4:Rw2_vI_cQLo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=IFF9FILyku4:Rw2_vI_cQLo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=IFF9FILyku4:Rw2_vI_cQLo:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=IFF9FILyku4:Rw2_vI_cQLo:bcOpcFrp8Mo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=IFF9FILyku4:Rw2_vI_cQLo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=IFF9FILyku4:Rw2_vI_cQLo:V-t1I-SPZMU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=V-t1I-SPZMU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=IFF9FILyku4:Rw2_vI_cQLo:DN0H40_Ym5U"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=DN0H40_Ym5U" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=IFF9FILyku4:Rw2_vI_cQLo:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=IFF9FILyku4:Rw2_vI_cQLo:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=IFF9FILyku4:Rw2_vI_cQLo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=IFF9FILyku4:Rw2_vI_cQLo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=IFF9FILyku4:Rw2_vI_cQLo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=IFF9FILyku4:Rw2_vI_cQLo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=IFF9FILyku4:Rw2_vI_cQLo:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=IFF9FILyku4:Rw2_vI_cQLo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=IFF9FILyku4:Rw2_vI_cQLo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=IFF9FILyku4:Rw2_vI_cQLo:cGdyc7Q-1BI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=IFF9FILyku4:Rw2_vI_cQLo:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~4/IFF9FILyku4" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1336503/Dan_2010.jpg http://posterous.com/users/hcki9h8K5B60a dan rieple dan dan rieple http://blog.fine-ideas.com/veneer-bringing-the-17th-century-into-the-21s Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:30:59 -0700 Trimming the Oysters - not the fishy ones http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~3/pD37nJie1j4/part-3-making-of-game-one-game-table http://blog.fine-ideas.com/part-3-making-of-game-one-game-table <p> <p>This starts to get more interesting as you will see the slices of scrub oak that I mentioned in the description video, begin to take shape.</p> <p>I will trim the edges off each of the slices to create the look for the veneer.</p> <p>Hope you enjoy it!<div class='p_embed p_video_embed'> <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/part-3-making-of-game-one-game-table"><img alt="" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/video.posterous.com/temp-2011-10-11/dhhrnsEIhdoaaxjEpqAGtbfqGpkuHGDezknpfcGJpxDzcEjcJuAJujhDfCvc/frame_0000.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <strong>part2_trimming-the-oysters_20111003.mp4</strong> <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/part-3-making-of-game-one-game-table">Watch on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/part-3-making-of-game-one-game-table">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/part-3-making-of-game-one-game-table#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=pD37nJie1j4:EEt0z_XXI3g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=pD37nJie1j4:EEt0z_XXI3g:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=pD37nJie1j4:EEt0z_XXI3g:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=pD37nJie1j4:EEt0z_XXI3g:bcOpcFrp8Mo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=pD37nJie1j4:EEt0z_XXI3g:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=pD37nJie1j4:EEt0z_XXI3g:V-t1I-SPZMU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=V-t1I-SPZMU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=pD37nJie1j4:EEt0z_XXI3g:DN0H40_Ym5U"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=DN0H40_Ym5U" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=pD37nJie1j4:EEt0z_XXI3g:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=pD37nJie1j4:EEt0z_XXI3g:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=pD37nJie1j4:EEt0z_XXI3g:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=pD37nJie1j4:EEt0z_XXI3g:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=pD37nJie1j4:EEt0z_XXI3g:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=pD37nJie1j4:EEt0z_XXI3g:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=pD37nJie1j4:EEt0z_XXI3g:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=pD37nJie1j4:EEt0z_XXI3g:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=pD37nJie1j4:EEt0z_XXI3g:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=pD37nJie1j4:EEt0z_XXI3g:cGdyc7Q-1BI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=pD37nJie1j4:EEt0z_XXI3g:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~4/pD37nJie1j4" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1336503/Dan_2010.jpg http://posterous.com/users/hcki9h8K5B60a dan rieple dan dan rieple http://blog.fine-ideas.com/part-3-making-of-game-one-game-table Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:27:00 -0700 "Game On" the Piece and the Process http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~3/DcRjnAEDbJA/game-on-the-piece-and-the-process http://blog.fine-ideas.com/game-on-the-piece-and-the-process <p> <p>You may have seen my latest creation which I named "Game On". My sweet and most devoted fan, Susie, has made a series of videos that might be of interest. What a fantastic job she has done putting this together. I am always amazed at the things she figures out how to do and in such a short amount of time.</p> <p>There are numerous clips so we won't put them all up at one time but here a couple to start things off. </p> <p>If you have't seen the album of photos, you can check that out on the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/fineideasfurniture#!/fineideasfurniture?sk=photos" title="Facebook Page">Facebook Page</a>.<a href="http://www.facebook.com/fineideasfurniture#!/fineideasfurniture?sk=photos" title="Facebook Page"><div class='p_embed p_video_embed'> <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/game-on-the-piece-and-the-process"><img alt="" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/video.posterous.com/temp-2011-10-05/pxumFuqapxHkpHppFvgfxbdmqnmFamoqkcaiFDsiDGgHaejiJyzbuFrjtvFC/frame_0000.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <strong>part0_opening-description-for-game-on_20111004.mp4</strong> <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/game-on-the-piece-and-the-process">Watch on Posterous</a> </div> </div> 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http://blog.fine-ideas.com/game-on-the-piece-and-the-process Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:59:33 -0700 Life after Cody ....at the Buffalo Bill Museum Cody High Style Show http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~3/xzphLvJoCLs/life-after-cody http://blog.fine-ideas.com/life-after-cody <p> <p>Home again and recovering from "truck lag".  As always we had a wonderful time at the Cody High Style show.  Yes in Cody, Wyoming.  Make plans next year to make your way to the state of extremes...extremely wild, extremely different, extremely low population, extremely beautiful, and extremely friendly.</p> <p>The artists and artisans just keep getting better and better.  How is that possible?  Congrats to Thome George, Scott Armstrong, Steve Weiner, and Ron Shanor for all their winnings.  All were well deserved.</p> <p>I would like to point my readers to Sweet Tree Designs which is Thome George.  Thome makes extraordinary furniture from seemingly mundane and ubiquitous material.  I have seen "twig" furniture and yes it's kind of cool and unique.  But when I saw the stuff Thome (pronounced Tome) made, I was much impressed.  Most twig furniture is in the Ford, Chevy and Vauxhall class.  Thome's is in the Ferrari class.  He is an artist and artisan.  The complete package.  Check out his stuff...better yet buy some.  You won't be disappointed.  <a href="http://sweettreedesigns.com/" title="Thome George">www.sweettreedesigns.com</a> .</p> <p>I'm already looking forward to next year.  How is that possible?  Because the show is that good. Check out the Facebook page for <a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150398415365569.408317.132655095568" title="Cody">Cody High Style</a> to see what I mean!</p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-09-27/nBmxtEtjdbnBnvwGEAcruFDBnGzEkmChsivvfodgoklqAJtakBppAmbwdqaz/Game_On_Finished_3.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Game_on_finished_3" height="474" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-09-27/nBmxtEtjdbnBnvwGEAcruFDBnGzEkmChsivvfodgoklqAJtakBppAmbwdqaz/Game_On_Finished_3.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> This was my piece. Look for the upcoming album on Facebook - and even a little movie!!</p> <p> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/life-after-cody">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/life-after-cody#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=xzphLvJoCLs:zLLiaZaotBc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=xzphLvJoCLs:zLLiaZaotBc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=xzphLvJoCLs:zLLiaZaotBc:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=xzphLvJoCLs:zLLiaZaotBc:bcOpcFrp8Mo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=xzphLvJoCLs:zLLiaZaotBc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=xzphLvJoCLs:zLLiaZaotBc:V-t1I-SPZMU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=V-t1I-SPZMU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=xzphLvJoCLs:zLLiaZaotBc:DN0H40_Ym5U"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=DN0H40_Ym5U" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=xzphLvJoCLs:zLLiaZaotBc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=xzphLvJoCLs:zLLiaZaotBc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=xzphLvJoCLs:zLLiaZaotBc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=xzphLvJoCLs:zLLiaZaotBc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=xzphLvJoCLs:zLLiaZaotBc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=xzphLvJoCLs:zLLiaZaotBc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=xzphLvJoCLs:zLLiaZaotBc:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=xzphLvJoCLs:zLLiaZaotBc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=xzphLvJoCLs:zLLiaZaotBc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=xzphLvJoCLs:zLLiaZaotBc:cGdyc7Q-1BI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=xzphLvJoCLs:zLLiaZaotBc:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~4/xzphLvJoCLs" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1336503/Dan_2010.jpg http://posterous.com/users/hcki9h8K5B60a dan rieple dan dan rieple http://blog.fine-ideas.com/life-after-cody Llamas, Heifers and Bears oh my! - The Bespoken Word [Digg]http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~3/avOQtr-Q8ls/llamas_heifers_and_bears_oh_my_the_bespoken_wordDiggSun, 18 Sep 2011 00:46:35 PDThttp://digg.com/news/lifestyle/llamas_heifers_and_bears_oh_my_the_bespoken_wordCountry life is my kind of life. This evening while sitting on our front porch we had a most enjoyable surprise. The sun was setting and the cows and llamas were grazing and lowing (whatever that means) when suddenly across the meadow another rather strange black cow appeared. But wait, that wasn't a stray Angus, that was a bear! It wandered around in the meadow for awhile, came within about 20 Yds. of our livestock and then started to leave. It was a beautiful jet black. We thought things were pretty much over when our bear began to head off up the hill, especially since the cattle and llamas had run off...but no, it started to come back. At this point Susie and I made loud noises and made ourselves visible and our llama also made loud alarm noises from afar off. This made no impression at all but hopefully, that will be the last we see of that guy or girl (I didn't get that close to see). It was beautiful though, especially in the evening light with a green background. I know this has nothing to do with furniture design or woodworking but it doesn't happen every day. Susie says I 'bear' get back to furniture topics so in future I will. Next will be the balance of the essay by Keith Leaman on Art Nouveau. I 'bear' go help Susie put away the chickens now. You never know what's out there yonder... ANB5V2FR6WST<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~4/avOQtr-Q8ls" height="1" width="1"/> 1 Lifestyle 0 digg submission http://digg.com/news/lifestyle/llamas_heifers_and_bears_oh_my_the_bespoken_word?utm_campaign=Feed%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fservices.digg.com%2F2.0%2Fuser.getActivity%3Ftype%3Drss%26activity_type%3Ddigg%26username%3Dfineideasdotcom&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=diggapi Sat, 17 Sep 2011 09:03:00 -0700 The Rest on Art Nouveau http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~3/kLFU9-BlOgw/the-rest-on-art-nouveau http://blog.fine-ideas.com/the-rest-on-art-nouveau <p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">"And now" as Paul Harvey used to say "the rest of the story" on Art Nouveau that is.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">As promised I am posting the second bit on Art Nouveau by my friend Keith Leaman and then a bit on my latest creation which can first be seen (unless your a very close friend or relative) at the <a href="http://www.bbhc.org/explore/events/cody-high-style-september/" title="Cody High Style">Cody</a><a href="http://www.bbhc.org/explore/events/cody-high-style-september/" title="Cody High Style"> High Style Show</a>. <br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">You may recall there was a tension between the two practitioners, curvacious and the geometric and the geometric won out.</span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: small;">A synopsis on the New Art 1900 Period Part Il of II.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">Keith writes:</span></p> <p><br /><span style="color: #339966; font-size: small;">EARLY BACKGROUND</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; color: #339966;">A new century around the corner, new industries, particularly steel with rolling mills, reinforcement combined with concrete making the product strong in tension, the new wealthy from industry, and new ideas beginning to percolate through the art world. Such teachers as Violet-de Duc in Europe who published a thesis he called ' ENTRETIENS ' in 1858 in which he suggested a functionalist approach demanding:-<p /> " Alliance of form with need , truth that stone should appear as stone, iron as iron."  He went on to say that "to-day we possess immense resources provided by industry and ease of transportation ---architects must cease to be interested only whether their facades should be Gothic , Roman ,or Renaissance from that attitude nothing new or living can come"   With comments such as these he rocked the establishment and inspired a new generation of up and coming artists and architects.<p /> In England we have Ruskin reacting to the machine age and attempting to influence aesthetic thought by alerting artists and craftsmen for the need to re-establish the' middle ages' code as he saw it of daily labour sweetened by the daily creation of art.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; color: #339966;"><br /> Ruskins teachings were important to Morris who picked up on the Ruskin theme of art and craft but widened the debate by refuting the historicism bit as "masquerading in other peoples cast off clothes."<p /> England never really took to the flamboyant Art Nouveau movement, but created its own style we now know as ARTS AND CRAFTS. Nevertheless Ruskin and Morris, the architects Voysey , Letherby etc were very important to the development of the continental style 1900 particularly via their publications which were soaked up far and wide.  Art publications were very influential as they could be distributed to all continents, and therefore new ideas were easily available.<p /> With these three, Viollet -le- Duc, Ruskin and Morris one more important writer/ architect /teacher should be added-- H.Van de Velde-- based in Brussels, he, later in life, started the for-runner acadamy to the Bauhaus school. </span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size: small; color: #339966;"><br /> A few more ingredients to add to the pot--- Iron and steel I have already mentioned, the great exhibitions in London and Paris which acted as a showcase for the new work.<p /> We can also add A.H. Macmurdo's contribution --a wealthy London architect, who started the CENTURY GUILD in 1882, which was similar in aspiration to William Morris's workshop.  Macmurdo designed furniture , book covers, textiles, and furniture .  In fact the Macmurdo title page for’’ Wrens city churches' was probably amongst the first true art Nouveau forms known with its stretched peacocks and curvaceous stylised flower arrangements (1883).Macmurdo would have been very aware of the Pre Raphaelites , probably knew William Blake the painter, he certainly knew Whistler ,see the famous peacock room influences.<p /> To continue the ingredients we also have on the continent Toulouse Lautrec, Van Gough, a little slice of Otto Wagner in Vienna, potters, glassmakers such as Emile Galle in Nancy, Lalique and you have a heady mix ready for Architects to exploit! <p /> There are a number of centres, which are particularly associated as 'new art' hubs: - Brussels, Paris, Nancy, Barcelona, Munich, Berlin, Glasgow, Vienna, Helsinki, Milan, and Chicago.<p /> FRANCE-----------------E Viollet-le-Duc .  Hector Guimard . Gustave Eifflel .<p /> BRUSSELS------------- H. Van -de- Velde . Victor Horta . .Paul Hankar .<p /> U.S.A.--------------------- H.H. Richardson . Louis Sullivan . Frank Lloyd Wright. Tiffany.<p /> GLASGOW ---------------- C.R. Mackintosh . Margaret Macdonald . Frances Macdonald . Herbert McNair<p /> VIENNA-----------------Josef Hoffman . Adolf Loos . Josef Olbrick . Josef Plecnik . Otto Wagner . Gustav Klimpt<p /> GERMANY------------- H. Van-de-Velde (moved to Germany from Brussels) . August Endell . Peter Behrens . Walter Gropius . H .Muthesius.<p /> HELSINKI--------------- Elial Saarinen . Herman Gesellius . Armas Lindgren.<p /> SPAIN----------------------Antoni Gaudi.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; color: #339966;"><p /> INFLUENCES----------magazines---Van-de-Velde---John Ruskin---- William Morris---E. Viollet-le-Duc---- A. Macmurdo----New materials------craftsmen---painters-- ( Klimpt , pre-Raphaelites ,     Toulous Lautrec, Van Gogh)----  communication( post and rail)----Arts and Crafts movement.---  Exhibitions, and many other influences, but I will finish here!<p /> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; color: #339966;">So this hopefully gives you the tip of the iceberg.  Keith"</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">And just "The Tip" it is I say.  I would have to say I wouldn't put Frank Lloyd Wright in the art Nouveau catagory but more in the Arts and Crafts which overlapped as it seems.  Tiffany for sure is Art Nouveau and the others on the USA line, admittedly, I do not know.  But, I intend to.</span></p> <p><br />As to my latest creation. Here are a couple of teaser photos to mull over.</p> <p>"Oyster" raw material; Cutting the oysters; and The work of creating an original.</p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-09-17/GnbkDuvdfFcfbmAgmghdpwFikwHwmmlaAGctnwlAqGAdpEDnvwjhsBqyqiGh/Slicing_scrub_oak_11.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Slicing_scrub_oak_11" height="332" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-09-17/GnbkDuvdfFcfbmAgmghdpwFikwHwmmlaAGctnwlAqGAdpEDnvwjhsBqyqiGh/Slicing_scrub_oak_11.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-09-17/lskoEwDduqzwDBoaGjakqcmHpklAjgvvaksGhecnmfGnpBsrGnbeavHwjpHf/Slicing_scrub_oak_10.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Slicing_scrub_oak_10" height="753" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-09-17/lskoEwDduqzwDBoaGjakqcmHpklAjgvvaksGhecnmfGnpBsrGnbeavHwjpHf/Slicing_scrub_oak_10.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-09-17/pizwDjDhvwzcoovejiEHrdEtbihAAseonxmavfBsAwzCfvelIBrpmrkqjbcw/what_are_you_sinking_about.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="What_are_you_sinking_about" height="536" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-09-17/pizwDjDhvwzcoovejiEHrdEtbihAAseonxmavfBsAwzCfvelIBrpmrkqjbcw/what_are_you_sinking_about.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <div class='p_see_full_gallery'><a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/the-rest-on-art-nouveau">See the full gallery on Posterous</a></div> </div> </p> <p><span style="color: #333333; 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You never know what's out there yonder...<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-09-05/zGihEkqsHEjJlonCgzAdJjjGpoweoDkwCbHDugsnCkmkjcFcqJncmdCpoyfa/BearCub.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Bearcub" height="324" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-09-05/zGihEkqsHEjJlonCgzAdJjjGpoweoDkwCbHDugsnCkmkjcFcqJncmdCpoyfa/BearCub.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </p> <p>P.S. the photo Susie took of this bear was with a normal lens - not 8 feet away from this bear. But that's another story....</p> </p> <p><a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/llamas-heifers-and-beras-oh-my">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://blog.fine-ideas.com/llamas-heifers-and-beras-oh-my#comment">Leave a comment  »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=MJY2stm2TpE:uWgKPjHVM-8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=MJY2stm2TpE:uWgKPjHVM-8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=MJY2stm2TpE:uWgKPjHVM-8:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=MJY2stm2TpE:uWgKPjHVM-8:bcOpcFrp8Mo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=MJY2stm2TpE:uWgKPjHVM-8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=MJY2stm2TpE:uWgKPjHVM-8:V-t1I-SPZMU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=V-t1I-SPZMU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=MJY2stm2TpE:uWgKPjHVM-8:DN0H40_Ym5U"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=DN0H40_Ym5U" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=MJY2stm2TpE:uWgKPjHVM-8:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=MJY2stm2TpE:uWgKPjHVM-8:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=MJY2stm2TpE:uWgKPjHVM-8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=MJY2stm2TpE:uWgKPjHVM-8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=MJY2stm2TpE:uWgKPjHVM-8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=MJY2stm2TpE:uWgKPjHVM-8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=MJY2stm2TpE:uWgKPjHVM-8:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=MJY2stm2TpE:uWgKPjHVM-8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?i=MJY2stm2TpE:uWgKPjHVM-8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=MJY2stm2TpE:uWgKPjHVM-8:cGdyc7Q-1BI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?a=MJY2stm2TpE:uWgKPjHVM-8:K6F3SCn7Sig"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/fineideasfurniture?d=K6F3SCn7Sig" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fineideasfurniture/~4/MJY2stm2TpE" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1336503/Dan_2010.jpg http://posterous.com/users/hcki9h8K5B60a dan rieple dan dan rieple http://blog.fine-ideas.com/llamas-heifers-and-beras-oh-my