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I've been pretty busy of late. Lots and lots of carving. The hands are grubby and a bit worn. Sometimes I find myself working in the tiny things, netsuke, fish inro ( small containers ), and then I can be really getting into a large möbius. It's
Huon Pine- Free Flowing Möbius- Holding Water. A Zen Buddhist friend called me recently, at the end of his day of meditation. He was excited ( but not attached ) about an insight he'd had during mediation. He told me, ' Hape, there are absolut
Along way from done, but I can feel this one.... #woodcarving #progress #mobius #huonpine
I very rarely get to make anything so practical as a chair. Soooo, I'm super excited to be making a mid century one with Stuart @illawarra_woodwork_school this April ( 15th to the 19th ). There's a couple of spots in the class available so come and
Just chipping away. #fish #woodcarving #möbius #huonpine
There's some fishy business getting around this studio. The scale of it has me a bit concerned.... but I'm not gillable as these fish might think.... Yup, too many dad jokes. #woodcarving #fish #dadjokesarebad
Walk slowly and bow often. Mary Oliver
I've been playing with the möbius form for a while now. Different materials, different start points and alike. I've got an online course starting at the end ( 25th ) of March if you like to learn the processes. Link to my website in the bio, or
I used to try to be a very technical drawer. Labouring over design for hours. These last few years though, I've fallen into scribbling. Just letting the lines go and chasing them along. It feels more direct to the form. More emotionally tangible? The
A while back I made a collection of coloured pencils from the branches around my studio. I would tell visiting youngins that I watered the trees with different coloured cordials, and that created the pencils/branches centre. Ofcourse this is not the