Whew. I promised to post an inspiration of the month every month and I’ve only got 1 hour and 12 minutes left for November. Allow me to present Brooklyn-based Palo Samko. He inspires me because his ‘About’ page is just a picture of him carrying who I assume are his kids around in grocery bags, [...]
Archive for November, 2010
IOTM #2
Posted in Uncategorized on November 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
End grain board #1
Posted in cherry, cutting board, maple, walnut on November 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Get ready for a bunch of cutting board posts. Let’s start with this one: End grain, opposed to face or edge grain, is found at the top of a piece of wood. Basically, looking down onto those squares is like looking directly down a tree’s trunk. Because the cells are oriented vertically, end grain (or [...]
Candleholders #2
Posted in candleholder, jatoba, lacewood on November 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Bring some light to your life- just in time for the end of daylight savings! Pictured are lacewood and jatoba.