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to make a yule bock
i decided to try my hand at building a yule bock this holiday season. materials used; 2 bundles of wheat and rye straw from the garden. about 36 inches long and as much as i can fit my thumbs and...
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water catchment system
i’ve begun building a water catchment system around the house to help cut down on my summer water bill. here are a few detail photos of the project thus far. The post water catchment system appeared...
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making black tea
my tea plant is 3 years old now and this is my third time harvesting and curing tea. here’s how i did it. The post making black tea appeared first on Laughingcrowe.
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brain/bark tanned jacket
samantha moore, a professional horse trainer and tanner, brought me a beautiful collection of bark tanned and brain tanned hides recently to help her make a jacket. here’s what we came up with! The...
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a minority of one “anahata” free album release
i’m pleased to announce the long over due full length release of a minority of one “anahata”… and it’s free to download! click to download a minority of one anahata for this recording a minority of...
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north house summer 2013
I spent 5 weeks this summer at North House Folk school in Grand Marais, Minnesota, teaching shoe making and learning as well. I participated in a timber framing basics class, had the best...
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labrador passage
filmmaker and explorer peter marshall contacted me last year about making him a pair of boots for this journey. i made the boots, he’s tested them out on a short run canoe trip and he’s now making...
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rabbit house
about a year and a half ago a friend gave me 2 rabbits, a male and a female, i read a couple of straight forward books on keeping meat rabbits and following the advice in the books i built two 3′ x 3′...
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making an adze from a ball-peen
while teaching a series of classes at north house last year i noticed carving instructor jon strom had a number of bowl carving adzes he’d made from old ball peen hammer heads. after seeing a picture...
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making a pair of lasts
my friend and i decided to attempt making a couple pairs of lasts! here are a few pictures from out first two pairs… i’ll update with detailed descriptions and more photos of the first few pairs of...
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