Wizard's Workshoppe

22/03/2020

17/03/2020

"The Crossbow Project"
This CD is a PDF that has step by step, illustrated instructions for building your own Medieval crossbow from raw materials (everything, save the prod ). Includes measured blueprints for 3 different stocks, printable in large format for full-scale transfer.
Bonus article: "Carving 101".

17/03/2020

A 13th century crossbow I built. Carved of rock maple, the rolling nut is solid brass and the stirrup & tickler is blackened mild steel. The string is made of an imitation sinew core, served with waxed thread and markings are waxed embroidery floss servings.

17/03/2020

Another ring stand, this one made of pink ivory and cocobolo.
No elephants were harmed in the making of this item. ;)

17/03/2020

One of the ring stands that I have ornamentally turned. The first photo shows the corbels and ramparts. The second picture reveals the murder holes between the corbels!

17/03/2020

A couple of pictures of my walking staff (poplar & rock maple).
The ball is of purpleheart, with layered veneers for the quadrant, equatorial and sun lines. An accurate map of the night sky is rendered in copper (zodiac) and brass wire, the four sizes representing the four classifications of stars.

17/03/2020

A ornamentally turned goblet of laminated cherry with turned flying buttresses and hollow spiraled finial made from rock maple. The cup sports a captive ring and holds 16 oz.
This cup remained in my possession, courtesy of Sir Frederick, who allowed me to enter it into the Oklahoma State Fair, where it won a blue ribbon. If anyone knows how to contact Sir Frederick, I would happily return it to him.

17/03/2020

A goblet of pecan, turned and ornamented until it warped so much that it was no longer centered. I named it "Old Age is the Prize for Survival".
The left photo shows how far this cup warped, causing it to lean a bit to the right.

17/03/2020

After winning the Arts & Sciences competition at Eldern Hills, our home suffered an earthquake, which caused the picnic basket that contained the pass-down prize of feast gear to land on it's lid, breaking the custom made ceramic cup and bowl within. After conferring with Their Excellencies, telling them that I was not yet set up for ceramics, they approved my replacing the broken pieces with ones made of laminated rock maple.
Because I lacked lumber long enough to make the cup, I glued the upper and lower blanks together with a rod of purpleheart, giving this cup it's unique appearance. Once the multicolored square blanks were set, I turned and ornamented them. The red hill on the lid is dyed maple, with a carved bison atop it (the Coat of Arms of Eldern Hills). If memory serves, the cup holds 16 oz.

17/03/2020

This sherbet cup is ornamentally turned in laminated rock maple, the ruffled collar, of paduk. The egg-shaped inlays are copper tube, framing crushed malachite.

17/03/2020

A goblet, ornamentally turned in rock maple, holds 12 oz.

17/03/2020

Here are some examples of my cups.
This Lotus Chalice is turned and traditionally carved of magnolia. It holds 16 oz.

17/03/2020

The cane of Lady Clarice sports a castle tower and a friendly phoenix for a handle.

16/03/2020

This cane is made of rock maple with a handle of deer antler.
It is ornamentally turned in homage to my father's skill at bowling. The coin is of the same date as his birth.

26/02/2020

The two ends of my bag of holding.

26/02/2020

This is the large, leather bag that I designed and built to carry the apparatus for my magic shows. It is tooled, then painted with my interpretation of the dragons found on the Nine Dragon Scroll, originally painted on more than 20' of silk, by Chen Rong in 13th century China. The bag measures 1' in diameter by 3' long.

25/02/2020

This is a leather backpack that I built and tooled with a portion of the Nine Dragon Scroll, a silk painting by Chen Rong, in 1244 CE.

25/02/2020

A quill stand that I carved from a solid block of plaster, holds a quill handle I turned from lacewood - a naturally finished wood from Australia.

25/02/2020

This is the "Palace Chalice", an ornamentally turned goblet, as seen at the Oklahoma State Fair.

25/02/2020

A thread caddie made of paduk and walnut. On either side can be seen yarn cages, made of the same woods. All of these woods were finished in their natural colors.

25/02/2020

When asked to design and build a table for some friends, I created this end table from solid mahogany. All was stained walnut, with the exception of the center, floating panels. All of the carving was based upon 13th century Chinese design, taken from multiple period media.

25/02/2020

This is an example of my glass carving, executed in 3/4" glass. The Pax, alpha and omega are carved half way through the glass via sandblasting, then inlaid with gold leaf. The entire back of the glass was then finished in green faux marble. Mounted within an altar.

25/02/2020

This is a pair of crowns that I designed for the Kingdom of Ansteorra (Oklahoma & Texas). My brother built the King's crown, I built the Queen's. Made from sheet brass, the rolled edges are brazing rod. The stone inlays are of jet, malachite and obsidian. Each crown sports more than 500 faux pearls.

25/02/2020

This is a love spoon that I carved for my Lady wife. It is made of purpleheart, a very hard wood from South America - this is it's natural color.

25/02/2020

The frame is solid walnut, the lighter, carved wood is sugar maple. Each of the pillars have a carved, caged ball in the shape of a "monkey's fist" knot. Also notice the copper tubing inlay, containing malachite. The overall design is based upon what my 13th century persona would have made, based upon his trip to China with Marco Polo.

25/02/2020

The carving on the base is a reproduction of the Mongolian passport from the 13th century.

25/02/2020

The other end...

08/02/2020

One end...

08/02/2020

The hour glass of my dreams.

08/02/2020

I finally got a chance to post some pictures!
Here are some of my past projects...

12/01/2020

Welcome to my page!
I will post photos soon, then keep you updated with my latest creations.

12/01/2020