Archive for the 'New Work' Category

At the Arts Festival
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Cynthia and I had a grand time at the Worthington Arts Festival.
Read about us here and see a few more pictures of our exploits here.
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Art center collaboration
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Dorothy and I were in today’s edition of the Columbus Dispatch. Dorothy, Adam Bradley and I will be collaborating on a piece for the opening of the McConnell Art Center in September.
Lightning damaged this large cottonwood located near the bike path. Dorothy plans to incorporate the patterns left by the lightning strike in the new [...]

Drum turning video
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

See my latest drum-making video on YouTube here.
You’ll see a 200-pound walnut log be transformed into a 20-pound djembe shell.
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Djembe shells
Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Recent djembe shell turnings. Waiting for rings, heads and stringing.

Walnut blanks
Thursday, February 26th, 2009

A friend’s walnut tree had to go. Lucky me. Lots of bowl blanks and drum shells in these huge chunks.

Supersonic Dad
Sunday, January 11th, 2009

From Spurs to Supersonic, an article on my father’s career, appears in this month’s issue of Atlantic Flyer. It was written by my best friend, pilot Eddie Ruhl.

YouTube Turning
Thursday, January 25th, 2007

Watch Blair turn a bowl in these YouTube movies from ArtinRes.com

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The Giving Tree
Saturday, October 21st, 2006

This six-foot stump is all that remains of the Bradford Pear tree at the corner of our house. Battered by a storm and with its roots lifting the driveway cement, it had to go. First Dorothy Barnes came and harvested various pieces for her work. I moved the limbs to the basement and have already [...]

Best of Show
Friday, October 20th, 2006

This polymer inlaid walnut bowl won best of show in last year’s exhibit at the High Road Gallery.
A fluid dynamics professor explained to us how the polymer colors mixed as it flowed down the extruder tube.
What results is a non-repeating pattern of circles in squares that combine into a visually stunning presentation.
If you’ve ever been [...]