Mary Ostler

 I finally decided to just buy the wool for the carpet. I have been waffling on the exact wool for ever, and if I don’t start soon, this might turn into a 4 year project. I calculated how much of each color of wool I needed, and had to wind them to the right size [...]

Emily turned out to be a rocker. To such a degree, the high chair with its fairly narrow foot print was becoming a bit on the dangerous side. So a year early than I thought, I have cut the legs down to a  child’s height. I had designed the chair so that there was a turned [...]

The days are racing past and I am in need of progress on the triangular stool front. The legs need holes drilled. I used a bit and brace for the first few holes, but pear wood is hard, and I am weak! Drill press it is. Fitting the first leg with the cross dowels. I [...]

A.T. War is near at hand, and I have procrastinated on the A&S competition. So with the pool of days diminishing quickly, I decided I better get on with it. My entry is going to be a pole lathe turned triangular stool. I had previously turned a triangular back stool, so it should be a [...]

  I am in serious Awe. I need to make me a floor lathe. yoinked from Stuart Kings blog

  Another good weekend has passed me by. I spent the majority of the weekend in the dusty depths of the wood shop. One major item I got off the list was making a set of Pal Mall mallets. It would have been easier to buy a set, but the commercially available set have such [...]

Well the verdict on this weekend is in, and it was 4 kinds of goodness. Friday & Saturday I got to hangout with Agnes and some of the aprenti. It was a two day work on A&S stuff gabfest. I got a start on the final carpet cartoon, the wooden board games in the barony’s collection have [...]

There was a call out for bids on breakdown-able eric stands for the barony. I had played around with the idea, but have decided not to bid due to lack of information. I “HATE” commissions that leave all the decisions up to me. I am a student of Overkill, and left to my own devices [...]

Last minute commission came up the other day. I was requested to make a Niddy Noddy. Its a tool used to wind skeins of  yarn. I have made one before, but entirely turned.  The period images that are kicking around show a turned handle (usually with cross bracing) and curved boards that the yarn winds around. Since the person [...]

JUst a quick post as I am headed out to an event. I was requested (told really) that I make a plywood bowl for my aunt’s birthday. This is the first plywood bowl I have made with an inner lip. I left the wall a little thick as I was worried about the laminations separating if I [...]