Woodworking and Glassblowing — A Great Combination
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Joy's recent post about: The creation of a Solid Fruitwood and Hardwood Baptismal Font to accompany one of our Cast Glass Baptismal Basins.
Check It out. It's Pretty Cool!
The Making of the 21st Century Orrery — Woodworking
Part I in the Making Of series. The building of the cherry wood octagon cabinet. Wood turning, lamination, cabinetry.
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21st Century Makeover for Historic Instrument
August 20, 2009
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21st Century Makeover for Historic Instrument
CARMEL VALLEY, CA -- Artists B.E. Johnson and Joy Alyssa Day announced today the completion of a major art installation at the College of San Mateo, San Mateo, California. After over a year of design, development and construction, Celestial Gears, a working model of our solar system was unveiled in the new Planetarium building, bringing
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An Orrery for the 21st Century – in Blown Glass and Carbon Fiber, No Less
It's always good when a project is finished; even better when it's a success, better yet when it's never been done before and the top when someone almost inevitably says: "You can't do that!"
The bonus prize is doing it under severe adversity and not caving. Kinda like beating yourself in the head with a ball peen hammer, 'cuz it feels so good when you
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My First Little Gear
I made my own gear yesterday!! I'm so proud of it I could just burst.
A little background - I'm building on orrery (model of the solar system) for the astronomy department of a college in San Mateo, CA. We've built similar things, but of course, every new project requires new skills and stuff that we've never done before. For this piece, called
Enjoy The Full Story...The Rocket is Complete!
The fins are finished! They were cut from solid cherry boards with my radial arm saw and trimmed up with my bandsaw. The blade on that could use some replacing....
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