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~ For me, the greatest joy of woodturning happens when a shape emerges from the block of wood as if by its own design, capturing the moment when art meets craft. ~ As you can see, I'm not that new to eBay (been a member since '02; started selling my craftwork in '05). But I've been at work for decades, as an artist, selling my woodwork and jewelry at literally hundreds of craft fairs across the country. I hopeful that the internet will help me reach a greater audience without having to continue the heavy lifting and exhausting travel of the craft fair circuit. (Those E-Z UPs are not so easy for a single, older gal to manage!)
Over the years, my style and focus has evolved. Beginning at my father knee, watching him tackle the toughest woodworking projects. Add to that my mother keen, artistic eye, and you have my foundation. Following a single course in woodworking at college, and using pop graduation cash to buy my first three-wheeled bandsaw, I entered the crafter world through the Berkeley Street Artist program.
My earliest works for sale consisted of tiny wooden boxes that I routed and inlaid with fine picture jasper. (What risks I took with that tool!!) Graduating to bandsaw pocket boxes, my original Names-on-Wheels, smooth 2-prong hair pins (a personal necessity), and my very popular line of scroll sawn wood-and-crystal ornaments, I established my creative identity at Bay Area shows.
Working in tandem with my husband, Abe, I eventually took a side trip as a jeweler, working with a wonderfully colorful (and hypoallergenic) metal called niobium. This period was accompanied by child-rearing and poodle-raising. Ah, those late nights, working alone out in the little jewelry shop baby monitor humming in the background, David Letterman on the 5black-and-white... sigh... I don know how productive my work was, but those memories of "Lucy Deuce" and I both watching Dave and his stupid pet tricks are priceless.
In the last ten years, I have returned to woodworking with a focus on turning. While most of my current work is done at the lathe, I do experiment with new techniques and sometimes return to older ones. In all cases, my designs are uniquely hand-crafted, one-at-a-time, by me. I do all my turning free-hand, with no templates or guides, so no two items will ever be identical.
That makes the eBay marketplace a perfect fit for reaching out to new customers, without any of us having to travel far! The photos you will see will be taken of the exact item you will receive!
Anyway, I continue to enjoy this lifestyle of creating and selling my own Wooden-Goodies. The wonderful feedback I have received from my customers across the country sustains my creative drive. I look forward to pleasing new eBay bidders and customers through this auction site, and want you to know that I will always keep your concerns in mind, even long-distance.
All the work I sell through eBay is fully guaranteed, just as it is when I sell face-to-face at fairs. If you have any questions or concerns, please send me an eMail I would love to help you find just the right one of my Wooden-Goodies to add to your collection!
Click on my MASCAT (above) to view my current (AUCTION ONLY) listings.
Visit my eBay Store to see EVERYTHING I offer through eBay.
My repertoire of items over the years has included the following:
- pens of many styles (quills, to ballpoints, to fountain pens, and space pens)
- mechanical pencils, too
- letter openers and stamp dispensers
- magnifiers
- pin cushions and thimbles
- crochet hooks and knitting needles
- hairpins and barrettes
- shot goblets and small boxes
- wine bottle recorkers
- wood-and-crystal ornaments
- specialty cutting boards
- names-on-wheels
- "wondrous wedges" (Elizabethan door stops)
- yo-yo's and spinning tops
- flower bud vases and
- unbelievably cool chess pieces
Certainly woodworkers have been making similar items for eons... The concept of a hair pin is ancient, for example. But I enjoy taking a common item and applying my own style to it. I hope that you'll enjoy looking at my work and will visit often. You never know what I might have been carving up in the shop (aka "garage").
Come in and visit, but please, leave the sawdust outside!
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