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Woodworking
The Copperhead yacht job is over. So is a sleeping alcove that I built into a 100 year old steam schooner converted to a houseboat. My six legged table, "Walking Together." won 4th place at the Marin County Fair this year. That means my work has won awards at the county and California state level five years in a row.
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Completed This Past Year
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- Extensive hot tub repair and rebuild on a seriously rotted hot tub deck
- 3 carved seat walnut stools
- A six drawer solid mahogany dresser 20"W x 29"H x 48"L with dovetail joints
- Refurbishing an old oak table to open from 2 feet to 5 feet with four new leaves, and refinsihed to match the old table (skills I acquired working for antique dealers in South Carolina). Now the entire family can sit at one table for the holidays.
- A cockpit instrument frame for a very expensive yacht, Copperhead.
- A platform for 2 - 180lb batteries that sit under the floor of Copperhead.
- A sleeping alcove for a 70' houseboat built from an 1880 steam schooner.
- A spiral shaped display stand for a collection of shot glasses
- Repaired some walls and wood trim damaged by an electric wheel chair.
- Designed a six foot by six foot mahogany media center to be built in the Spring
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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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