The joint stool book has been out a while now, so once you’ve digested your copy http://www.lostartpress.com/Default.asp go get at some oak & let us see what you came up with. Hopefully summer will let go soon, so the heavy work of busting open a log won’t seem so daunting. I know I have cut back on what I have tackled during the heat & humidity…
Here is a stool sent in a while ago by Larry Barrett:
Here’s what Larry had to say:
“Hello Peter and Jennie
Attached are a few photos of joint stools, carved boxes and chairs – all made thanks to things I have learned from you both, either via your new book, Peter’s blog, or classes with Jennie. I have a good sized black (or maybe red) oak and a chestnut oak on the ground so there may be more to come. Thanks again,
Larry Barrett”
We’re thrilled to see this sort of work = so keep them coming. If you are working your way through the joint stool book, send me some stuff. we’d love to see it.
If you don’t want to carve your stool like Larry did, and you need to liven it up, get out the brushes. I had an ash stool frame hanging around the shop for quite a while, and last week I put a sawn white oak seat on it, and then set about painting it. Here’s the initial result
The first step was the black squiggles and dots, then a thin coat of iron oxide mixed in linseed oil went over that once the black was dry to the touch.
Here’s one example of the inspiration for this, a painting by Judith Leyster, early 17th-c in Netherlands:
Another is this painting by Nicholas Maes:
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