Year: 2017

November is over and what a busy month it turned out to be. I had planned a relatively relaxing month mainly of rough turning and getting the house ready for winter, but due to my cousin gratiously agreeing to appear at a local craft sales event next week, my plans were suddenly upended. It’s one […]

Starting partially from last year, I am shifting to a new schedule where I do all my rough turning during the winter. This way I don’t have to worry about the wood starting to discolor to worse, so I can take my time without feeling rushed. My plan was to buy some wood at auction in […]

I read a while back in a old book written by a master Japanese craftsman that lacquering truly becomes fun once a person becomes adept at using the wooden spatulas. In lacquer work they are used for a variety of tasks such as mixing pigments into the lacquer, cleaning the brushes and transfering lacquer from […]

I beat the approaching rains and finished harvesting all of the rice today. It is a good feeling to have this behind me now. No more worrying about wild boars or typhoons or anything else until next May. Through my experience growing rice, I have developed a true respect for farming. No two years are […]

I have finished my final checks for the time being, and the online shop is now open for business! I am still getting used to designing the layout and pages, so I will likely be making some cosmetic changes here and there. However, for the most part, it should have all the basic information and […]

I never thought I would be writing an introductory post again. Unfortunately, in my scramble to set up an online shop, I deleted my fledgling blog. Please bear with me over the next week or two as I add an online shop to the blog that will display many of my finished pieces.