Cherry Burl With Turquoise, Azurite, and Malachite

This is one of the most balanced pieces that I have made in regards to hues. It also reminds me of my grandmother's quilts. Raised in the foothills of the Appalachians has its influences

 

Black Walnut and Turquoise

 Haven't seen a piece of black walnut like this in a while.

Black Walnut with Aquamarine, Garnet and Peridot

All these stones get their color from iron. What do you think?

Cherry Burl and Opal (various)

 This shipped to Australia last summer. First piece that went international

Made It To Malta

So I've been doing this blog for about four months. It's interesting to see the extent of my reach.

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I'd go live in St. Martin or Malta

Back To Foundations

I'll be back at crafting my designs of wood and gems in about 1 hour. I have a backlog that won't quit. I'm happy. Turning and shaping is where I belong

Composition of Wavelengths: Other Work For These Past Months

 Composition of Wavelengths. Pleasurable Duality of warm and cool, bass and flute (Acrylic on Plywood)

Blue Moon Squad
Blue Moon: not the second full moon of the month, rather the 13th full moon in a year. It actually comes from "belew moon" meaning the betrayer moon. It messed up calculations for determining the Lenten Moon, thus the calendar date for Easter each year. The moon's cycle is about 29-1/2 days, not the average 30-5/12 that the julian calendar holds per month.

Small unit leadership in the military is based on one person being in charge of three people. A fireteam is the smallest unit. There is a rifleman (scout), automatic rifleman (gunner), assistant automatic rifelman (a-gunner), and team leader. There are three fireteams in a quad. Thus, fundamentally a squad has 13 persons. (There may be some additional personal, but 13 is the basic structure)

Implications of this piece were all thought about afterwards. It has a duality of feminine (moon and cycles) and masculine (hunters). Meanwhile, I just made something with things on hand. I had a homemade "jenga" and a can of blue spray paint to make these triliths

Bizarro Still Life. Stifling my creativity like sculptris

Commonalities in Compositions Becoming apparent:

Pushing Puddles of Turquoise over Copper. Opals in Wood