Archive for the ‘charcuterie board’ Tag
If you’re looking for same old, same old … don’t come to me.
I hope.
I’ve seen that my sales grow when I offer an incredible variety of wood designs, shapes, sizes and approaches to the things I make. I know that some woodworkers that do what i do make the same thing over and over … and, simply, that’s not for me. I would find that boring … and I believe that my customers would, as well.
Variety it is.
Here are a collection of serving pieces and shaped boards. Some are for cutting, some aren’t … their new owners will get to choose what they use them for.
Hover your cursor over the photo while on your laptop and computer (or click on the image using any device), and you’ll see the file name. That tells you what I call the piece. You can call it anything you like.
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Every year, we do a Spring Fling … a series of events in March/April/May/June. This year, we’ve got 10 events scheduled in 11 weeks.
It’s just a fling. Really. 7 of these events are our traditional duets, but 4 of them are solo events for me. I’m even doing a long holiday bachelor weekend in a double booth in Bishop, to celebrate Mule Days.
So, since we’re going a-vendoring in locales as exotic as Clovis, Montrose and Palos Verdes, I need to get to the shop. A bunch of special orders have been finished, thankfully, and a fair number of boards made it out of the shop simultaneously.
Thank goodness.
Here’s the first batch; please enjoy!
Chess 18 – 01. Purpleheart & Red Oak. 2″ Squares. Sold in its first showing.
Chess 18 – 02. Black Walnut & Ash. 2″ squares.
Small Board 18 – 203. Purpleheart, Hard Maple & Canarywood. 7″ x 12″ x 1-1/4″.
Cheese Board 18 – 104. Jatoba, Birds Eye Maple, Black Walnut & Bloodwood. 9″ x 11″ x 5/8″.
Cheese Board 18 – 105. Chaos Board. Yellowheart, Padauk, Cherry, Birds Eye Maple & Purpleheart. 8″ x 11″ x 5/8″.
Cheese Baord 18 – 106. Chaos Board. Black Walnut, Hard Maple & Goncalo Alves.
Cheese Board 18 – 107. Bloodwood & Honey Locust. 7″ x 11″ x 5/8″.
Cheese Board 18- 108. Padauk, Purpleheart, Birds Eye Maple, Bloodwood, Yellowheart & Jarrah. 9″ x 11″ x 5/8″.
Cheese Board 18 – 109. Mesquite, Jarrah & Hard Maple. 10″ x 11″ x 5/8″.
Cheese Board 18 – 101. Honey Locust, Purpleheart, Bloodwood & Yellowheart. 9″ x 11″ x 5/8″.
Cheese Board 18 – 111. Purpleheart, Hard Maple & Pau Ferro. 9″ x 11″ x 5/8″.
Cheese Board 18 – 112. Purpleheart, Yellowheart & Jatoba. 9″ x 11″ x 5/8″.
Small Board 18 – 204. Purpleheart, Hard Maple & Canarywood. 8″ x 12″ x 1-1/4″.
Trivet 18 – 701. Hard Maple, Yellowheart & Purpleheart.
Trivet 18 – 702. Cherry, Purpleheart & Hard Maple.
Trivet 18 – 703. Padauk & Hard Maple.
Trivet 18 – 704. Jatoba, Hard Maple & Sapele.
Trivet 18 – 705. Hard Maple & Purpleheart.
Trivet 18 – 706. Purpleheart, Hard Maple & Jatoba.
Trivet 18 – 707. Hard Maple & Purpleheart.
Lazy Susan 18 – 08. Cherry, Purpleheart & Jatoba.
Lazy Susan 18 – 09. Cherry, Black Walnut, Purpleheart & Jatoba.
Lazy Susan 18 – 10. Chaos Board. Purpleheart, Bloodwood, Hard Maple, Black Walnut & Yellowheart.
Lazy Susan 18 – 11. Purpleheart, Hard Maple, Yellowheart & Bloodwood.
Engraved 18 – 001. Sapele. Commissioned piece.
Engraved 18 – 003. Black Walnut, Cherry & Hard Maple. Commissioned piece.
Engraved 18 – 002. Sapele. Commissioned piece.
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This is a pot pourri of recent boards that made it to the finish line.
The first cutting board was a special order, and it’s the first piece I’m completed that uses Mesquite. Further down in this group is a Lazy Susan that better showcases this wood that’s uncommon in Southern California.
At the bottom of this group are a pair of “Family” signs that are the first of the true 3D carving signs that I’ve gotten to the finish line. Both of these are made from Hard Maple, though one of them is made from a dark wood that’s got some curly figure in it … unusual for Maple.
I got disorganized enough that a few pieces made it out of the shop and to last week’s event … and were sold before I got their pictures. That has not happened before!
I’ve got 4 more Lazy Susans in the shop that just might be finished for this weekend’s event … but I’ve got several custom orders that will be my focus this week.
Cutting Board 18 – 304. Black Walnut, Jatoba, Mesquite & Hard Maple. Edge Grain. Commissioned Piece. 14″ x 18″ x 1-3/4″.
Detail of Cutting Board 18 – 304.
Cutting Board 18 – 701. Black Walnut, Hickory & Bloodwood. End Grain. 8″ x 13″ x 1-1/2″.
Cutting Board 18 – 303. Black Walnut, Bloodwood, Jatoba & Hard Maple. Edge Grain. 14″ x 18″ x 1-1/4″.
Cutting Board 18 – 702. Black Walnut. End Grain. 9″ x 16″ x 1″.
Lazy Susan 18 – 03. Hickory, Black Walnut & Hard Maple. Sold in its first showing.
Lazy Susan 18 – 02. Chaos board. Hard Maple, Cherry, Black Walnut, Red Oak, Yellowheart, Jatoba, Bloodwood, Padauk and Birds Eye Maple.
Lazy Susan 18 – 04. Birds Eye Maple & Bloodwood.
Lazy Susan 18 – 05. Purpleheart, Yellowheart & Jatoba.
Lazy Susan 18 – 07. Hard Maple & Padauk.
Lazy Susan 18 – 07. Bloodwood, Hickory, Mesquite & Black Walnut.
Clipboard 18 – 802. Letter Size. Hard Maple, Cherry, Yellowheart & Honey Locust. 1″ clip.
Clipboard 18 – 801. Notepad size. Jatoba, Hard Maple & Purpleheart. 1/2″ clip.
CNC Sign 18 – 01. Family. 12″ x 16″. Hard Maple.
CNC Sign 18 – 02. Family. 12″ x 16″. Hard Maple. Sold in its first showing.
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I didn’t really accomplish my goal through the holidays: I wanted to clean the shop. I’ve got some shop cabinetry to build. I moved my lumber rack off site (!). And, I needed to use the lumber I had stuffed into every nook & cranny to Make. More. Room.
A lot was done, but not enough. I’m on my way, with a lot more work to do.
However, the flurry of activity this week did allow me to finish over 70 pieces for the first show of our year, in Lake Havasu, AZ. If you’re going to the 33rd Annual Winterfest, please look us up in booths 358 & 360 … and you’ll get to see the stuff I got out of the shop this week.
For a complete schedule of events for Mrs M’s Handmade and Mr M’s Woodshop (11 events are now confirmed for 2018!), you can always click on the tab above for Mr & Mrs M’s Upcoming Events … or just click here.
But, back to the work. I’ve already showcased the Coasters and Word Blocks that were created. Part of shop clean up, though, was finishing odds and ends that got put aside for one reason or another … so here’s a bunch of the things I found when I emptied those nooks & crannies.
Cutting Board 18 – 302. Jatoba. Edge Grain, Juice Groove. 14″ x 18″ x 1-1/4″.
Lazy Susan 18 – 01. Black Walnut. 18″ diameter.
Cheese Board 18 – 103. Chaos Boards. 8″ x 11″ x 5/8″.
Cheese Board 18 – 101. Chaos Boards. 8″ x 11″ x 5/8″.
Small Board 18 – 202. Black Walnut. Edge Grain. 9″ x 11″ x 1″.
Small Board 18 – 201. Bloodwood, Jatoba, Birds Eye Maple & Jatoba. 9″ x 12″ x 3/4″.
Cheese Board 18 – 103. Chaos Boards. 9″ x 11″ x 5/8″.
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Well … not quite.
These are the last pieces I made to sell this year, but there are a few more special orders that will be completed by Christmas.
I promised.
There will also be a couple that may not be done until New Years … that’s OK, that was promised, as well.
But back to this potpourri of wooden things.
I started with lumber, and ended up here. These pieces were actually finished over the last few weeks. But, I didn’t have time to photograph, process and publish them, until now.
Since there’s only one event left this year – the Valencia High Softball Boutique & Silent Auction, December 16 & 17 at Valencia High – I don’t expect these pieces to sell this year. Here, you’ll see chess boards, lazy Susans, cutting boards, cheese boards and small boards.
That’s good: I’ll need something for next year, when this all starts up again.
But that’s a worry for another day. Please enjoy the latest pieces to make it out of the Woodshop!
Chess Board 17 – 314. Pau Ferro, Yellowheart and Hard Maple.
Chess Board 17 – 315. Cherry, Yellowheart & Sapele.
Lazy Susan 17 – 23. Black Walnut.
Lazy Susan 17 – 24. Black Walnut.
Cutting Board 17 – 139l 14″ x 18″ x 1-1/4″. Hard Maple & Padauk.
Cutting Board 17 – 140. Purpleheart, Yellowheart, Canarywood & Hard Maple.
Cutting Board 17 – 141. Yellowheart, Canarywood, Hard Maple & Jatoba.
Cutting Board 17 – 142. Hard Maple & Jatoba. 14″ x 18″ x 1-1/4″.
Cutting Board 17 – 143. Hard Maple. 12″ x 16″ x 1-1/4″.
Cutting Board 17 – 144. Hard Maple & Padauk. 12″ x 16″ x 1-1/4″.
Cutting Board 17 – 145. 12″ x 16″ x 1-1/4″. Hard Maple, Padauk & Bloodwood.
Cutting Board 17 – 146. Purpleheart, Yellowheart, Canarywood, Hard Maple & Padauk. 12″ x 20″ x 1-1/4″.
Cheese Board 17 – 345. Black Walnut. 9″ x 11″ x 3/4″.
Cheese Board 17 – 346. Black Walnut, Padauk & Honey Locust. 9″ x 11″ x 3/4″.
Cheese Board 17 – 347. Hard Maple, Padauk, Black Walnut & Canarywood. 9″ x 11″ x 3/4″.
Cheese Board 17 – 348. Padauk, Yellowheart & Honey Locust. 9″ x 11″ x 3/4″.
Cheese Board 17 – 349. Yellowheart, Honey Locust & Padauk. 9″ x 11″ x 3/4″.
Small Board 17 – 241. Hard Maple, Jatoba, Purpleheart & Padauk. 10″ x 11″ x 1″.
Small Board 17 – 242. Hard Maple, Purpleheart & Jatoba. 10″ x 11″ x 1″.
Small Board 17 – 243. Hard Maple, Purpleheart, Yellowheart & Padauk. 10″ x 11″ x 1″.
Small Board 17 – 244. Hard Maple, Jatoba & Purpleheart. 10″ x 11″ x 1″.
Small Board 17 – 245. Hard Maple, Padauk & Yellowheart. 10″ x 11″ x 1″.
Small Board 17 – 246. Hard Maple, Padauk & Purpleheart. 10″ x 11″ x 1″.
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