A friend came over to the shop about a week ago. I understand that I’m being blamed by his wife for ruining their budget because now he needs some new tools. It’s funny how it works like that. The cool thing is he works for Black & Decker who owns Delta, Dewalt and Porter Cable [...]

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Only three more days before Christmas and I still have two projects to finish. We’ve done a lot of interesting Christmas shopping this year and tried to stay on the hand made art and craft side as much as possible. It’s really a lot easier with the number of people I’ve met and it’s amazing [...]

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I was actually productive this past weekend and finished a couple of pieces. I hope to get a lot more done over the next couple of weeks.

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I’m scheduled to do a demonstration for The Mint Museum of Craft & Design tomorrow (September 18th) from 11:30 to 1:00 on Hearst Plaza. If you’re downtown in the Queen city tomorrow bring your lunch and stop by to see me.

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I’ve put together a couple of Diddley bowls over the past few weeks. They’re one string instruments that anyone can play in a matter of minutes. They’re a lot of fun. Check out a video of me playing it. Find more videos like this on Cigar Box Nation

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I’m scheduled to do a demonstration on my teapots this evening for the Southern Piedmont Woodturner’s Club.  I hope that I can fit the 20 lbs of material in the 10 lb bag of time I have.  I’ve been practicing some of the techniques with a few new pieces and think I might have it [...]

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I’ve been out of pocket lately and not in the studio for the last month while I got acclimated to my new IT Manager position.  It’s been an interesting few weeks and I’ve jokingly said that I’ve been looking for the “monsters in the corners”, yet so far, I really haven’t found any big ones.  [...]

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I had to take an overnight trip to the Big Apple today and when I got finished with work I decided I’d swing by the Museum of Art & Design.  I’ve been to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) on the past couple of trips and came back thoroughly inspired.  MAD was no different but [...]

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Barbecue as a noun, is what we had for lunch this past Saturday. To me that means Eastern North Carolina, vinegar based, chopped whole hog. Papa and I got up before the crack of dawn on Saturday and put a pig on the grill that weighed somewhere in the neighborhood of 175 pounds on foot. [...]

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The past four years I’ve participated in one of the three arts and craft shows or festivals that are offered in Fort Mill, SC. Fest-i-Fun is where I got my start with meeting the Fort Mill community. Last year due to a fire, the festival was shut down and the vendors were forgotten. We were [...]

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