A nice gal came to my shop today to pick up her ukulele and she thought my shop pretty interesting. I guess it is a little goofy so I thought I would share some images of what is in it other than tools.
 If I ever finish painting it this is going to be an umbrella handle just like Mary Poppins used. |  An ostrich egg resides in a watercolor paper box painted in a Haida design |
 The workshop rooster |  Shoe boxes filled with scraps of wood. I cannot stand to toss the beautiful scraps. |
 A puffin wind vane from long ago. He flies in the wind  |  An ornate old molding plane |
A painting of the rooftops of the Doges Palace from a trip to Venice years ago
This was to be just one of a series of Mason Bee Houses in this architectural style hung side by side on a sunny wall. paper tubes would be inserted into each hole for the nesting bees to use. A great idea but I failed to make a mold because of the holes. This was the prototype. It would have been called "Bee Street"
 I was into making frames for my paintings for awhile. This one was pretty ornate. |  This big painting of a Naples fishing boat hangs behind plumbing pipes in the corner. |
A poster advertising a french art exhibit hangs beside my grandfather's cigar molds. He was the first cigar maker in WA territory in 1885.
 A pencil sketch of my wife Marya is taped to the freezer door. |  Here is a little bowl being turned on the lathe |
.This is the wooden foundry pattern used to cast the bronze manhole cover in Fairhaven Village Green. A fun project. The letters are purchased and glued on, all else is carved bass wood on a plywood circle. Cast at Bellingham's Union Foundry.
Hope you enjoyed this little tour. Come and visit my workshop some day.
