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A customer, who subsequently became a friend, needed some wood trim for his '57 Jaguar. He saw my ad, looked at my portfolio, we shook hands and in a couple of weeks, we were both happy. The work was very challenging. The pieces on the sides of the windshield required over 18 operations to match the original, plus vacuum bagging the Carpathian Elm veneer that adorns each piece. Each piece is the result of both machining and hand chisels. |
The owner, Robert Ceniceros, and his beloved Jag.
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The trim appears to fit effortlessly, but, the truth is, putting wood over unrelenting metal is enjoyably difficult to do. |
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The owner commissioned me to trim out the windshield for which there
were no patterns or precedents. It took two or three prototypes to get
it right. |
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Woodworking News: Last year was quiet. I built a bookcase for a friend out of solid Bubinga, a strongly figured wood from West Africa that comes from sustainable forests. I also built two desks for a client in the Los Angeles area out of Plybo, made of laminated bamboo. Then there was a boat job. I'm working on a sculpture of the Tree of Life: a female figure coming out of the ground like a tree, with arm-like branches upraised holding a canopy of branches and leaves.
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I've taken up with a woman in the Los Angeles area. You could say it's serious except that it is so much fun. I've never enjoyed another woman's company as much as I do Dana (pronounced "Donna"). David, my youngest son, and I are going to go to India for a hip replacement for him. He was born without hip sockets. The doctors got one in when he was young, but not the other. He's in constant pain. The doctor in India is reputed to be one of the best in the world, so that's where we are going at the end of May. I'm running a fund raiser for him. Check it out at GiveForward.com
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