The Grain by Shayne

Im getting into rings! What bandwidth do you prefer? Also, what size do you wear? #marketresearch

Finished the dragon pen. Turned out beautifully. The cold nearly won out. Hopefully the story takes the same route too.

Life is like a burl, you never know what youre gonna get. Antique brass dragon pen with sunset orange maple burl in the works. Doing some squats while the CA dries. #penturning #squats #staywarm #brantford #nicewood

A bunch of creations. Theyve been around for a spell. Getting to work on a few slimline pens now.

Figured maple looks good in the sunny goodness on this crisp morn.

Having turned a few bowls, I decided to purchase an Easy Wood Tools (EWT) finisher carbide cutter. Less sharpening, good for inside bowls, and virtually no learning curve. That said, I will continue to work on my traditional chisel turning. Its cold in the shed but a blank is waiting and this carbide cutter is calling. #woodturning #EasyWoodTools #brantford

In the end it became a hot tub for Bowser and Bowser Jr. #functional #bowlturning

First coat of food safe finish on this figured maple bowl.

My second bowl. Made prior to xmas. Figured maple.

My first bowl. Black walnut & katalox. Mortor and pestle for a friend. Pestle to come.

Pendulum and wand (8 1/8) of wormy maple.

As mentioned in my last post, this is the bench grinder w/ Wolverine sharpening attachment. It sounds nonsensical, but a sharp tool is a safe tool. This attention to a chisels bevel angle is a good real life application of mathematical principles of angles and degrees. I might not have gave a hoot about some tools in a musky smelling shed littered with dust back in school, but its an activity grounded with a referential framework transferable to other real activities as opposed to an abstract number and a floaty circle we calculated to find b because reasons.

Two wands. The Lacewood gummed up the chisels while turning. Thankfully I had the bench grinder and wolverine sharpening jig by One Way. A quick back and forth and the chisel was clean and sharp again.

Seven slimlines. Wenge, koa, shedua, purple heart, wenge, padauk, acrylic. $30 each. Theyre quite nice.

Pheonix rising and dragon twist pens with stabilized crape myrtle burl. Both have good balance while writing. They are off to their new owner shortly.

We have a staff pick. Mandy was confident the shedua slimline with antique brass #woodturn out alright. #puns

Jack Daniels barrel slimline with gold. Even a certificate to attest to its whiskey past. A great example of the wood showing well.

Prep for more slimline pens. Left to right Jack Daniels barrel, shedua, koa, padauk, wenge, purple heart.

Padauk dragon twist pen with antique brass. Thanks for the pen kit Nathan.

Its been a while between posts. Heres an acrylic slimline pen with gun metal.

Gold plated shaving stand with wenge wood. For a friend. The digital calipers I received for Christmas are coming in handy.

A rainbow in wood. An artisan wand maker at the Festival of Wizards #FoW2017 . Its humbling to see much greater talent than my own. I highly encourage any and all to check their page out.

Had a bit of trouble shaping the tips in the design. The online #woodturning community was helpful. Itll do til I can make the more costly additions to the shop.

First time carving a piece of antler (or bone). Going to attempt the coronation of Robert Baratheon as depicted in the astrolabe in the Citadel. #firsttimers #antlercarving #GoT

12 and 3/8 inches. Maple. Smooth, simple, and slightly bendy. Named Phoebe. #imverybendy #woodturning #HP

Bloodwood hairpins getting started and what doth mine eye behold? The kin of those most fae sought to keep my mundane shop under close and tiny eye. Mushroom caps even nestled in the rich ground neath nearby trees. But what a woeful sight to see a wing bereft of body. What miniscule minion hath protected this small unadorned shop? Fae! Most fae can be said of mine protector. That they, having danced upon the wind, have gone whither I know not in the smoke of the night. #faerystories #writingprompt

Moon style hairpins. Made of african black wood. Not such a great photo. They are being sold out of The Purple Door. Ill leave it to them to take a demo shot of these. #Heeeeygetarhythm #sanding

I struggle with faces. Cant do a good eye and all I end up with is old men faces. So I lean towards a mask like design as seen at the bottom. #whittling #basswood

Im a featured artist. Can you believe it? The Purple Door is having their soft opening at 10am. Hop over to their page or step through the Purple Door if youre in Cambridge.

A new wand and wand stand. Any name suggestions for the wand?

It looks like pearls. Its smooth like pearls. It must be... birds eye ash with chrome.

Walnut with gun metal.

For the proud Canadians, these are pen options from my supplier Penblanks.ca. the top two cost is just for the bloodwood and hard maple shown. The pen hardware is roughly $9.

Jatoba and chrome. Wonderful tiny grain.

Olive wood with chrome. #woodpen

All of the zebra went was turned out of this wood. Slimline with gold. The first sanded to 12,000 grit using some great micromesh sanding squares. As smooth as pearls. #woodpen #zebrawood #turningwood

Slimline pyrite pebble acrylic with gold. #turningwood #woodpen