This morning I couldn’t take it any more. I had to do something in the studio. That something was finishing Mr. Wonky. Last time you saw him he’d thrown me to the floor and that’s where I’ve been ever since. Well today I kicked his butt and cut off his legs and rewelded them where they’re supposed to be. Anyway, Mr. Wonky doesn’t try to throw me when I sit on him any more.

Last time you saw Him he’d thrown me…..

You can check him out in the objects section.

Take it easy,

Paul 

Today  Learned that what I build, a term that has eluded me till this morning, is “Studio Furniture.”

 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Furniture 

 Cool to know I now belong to the group known collectively as “Studio Furnishists.”

Just kidding. I made that  partup.

Hope all is well.

Paul 

Bee has moved her stuff to an independent web site:

beehivegirl.blogspot.com

Her stuff is cooler and my site was just dragging her down. So off she went and started her own.  If you came here just for her stuff, that’s OK but do come back to visit.

Paul 

Sometimes you just need to build the thing. Most times it works. Sometimes…………… well………

 That said, we’re looking forward to May!!! 

Beatrice is hard at work creating new stuff out of all kinds of wool. She’s going to try to get some things ready for open house in the later part of the year. 

and I have yet to write anything this month due in part to having work in the studio that is keeping me pretty busy. I was planning to have an open house this month but my wife convinced me that in order to have an open house, I need to have merchandise to show. So it looks like the open house is going to have to wait till  I do have something to show.

I will be doing a show in October so I’ll need to have something by then and maybe we’ll have our open house just before that. 

I hope this finds you all doing well.

Cheers  

I decided that despite the lack of anything to write, that I’d write.

In the near future I’m going to be starting a section explaining the wood types that I will be using for my special one off pieces. These pieces will be made using a combination of wood, metal and whatever else I happen to incorporate. They will all have one thing in common though and that will be the wood that I use. This wood will be stuff that my Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, I and several of my Fathers friends rescued from destruction in the northern tip of North Key Largo, Florida. Most of the areas this wood was rescued from is now the plush green golf courses of a well known exclusive community. I say rescued because none of the wood was green when cut. It was all seasoned and waiting removal from the then hardwood hammock. These pieces all had died years earlier, maybe due to hurricane floods or other natural phenomena. The stuff that wasn’t rescued was pushed into great big piles and burned by the contractors clearing the land. Most pieces rescued are solid heartwood.

Anyway enough for now. 

I hope you check back and that I have something posted. 

Thanks for checking in,

Cheers,

Paul 

 I figured I’d post something from the better half of PM Custom. Textiles aren’t my things, but the better half is getting into it. It can be from deconstructing clothes to creating new stuff from scratch. Here is a pic of one of those things. It’s a pretty cool scarf if I don’t say so myself. This is a one of a kind sort of thing, but if you check in I’m sure we could work something out. Hurry, spring is almost here. �

Some of of you might be thinking of Jack Twist. I’m not talking about him. I’m talking about being a Jack of all Trades. My mom literally used that term like is was the lowest thing a guy could become. She used to tell me how I’d become a Jack of all trades and master of none. Seems like she was right. I’ve never asked her why she thought that’s how I’d end up. Guess it was something I was doing back then. I was reading the Wiki entry for the term and the entry isn’t very long.  I kinda like how it says that the term has become cliche’. It kinda brings us into a positive light. “Polymath” “Renaissance man” “Leonardo da Vinci” Kinda silly. Leonardo was a genius. My favorite is “Homo Universalis”          Jack Twist…….. hmmmmmmm

Homo Universalis drilling stainless with a twist drill. 

Cheers

Well last night proved to be a great night to go out. Jose Gonzalez played at the Artime Theater in downtown Miami. Opening his show was Mia Doi Todd. The weather was a balmy low 60’s and was clear and beatiful. Hitting detours around 8th street made me think we’d made a mistake heading out. Both performers made us glad we’d held out and gone. If they hit your area try to make an effort to see them. Good stuff.