No time for my own art work

[DaveHawk]

I am currently working on conserving this painting. It's from the 1860's - 1870's
It had extensive water damage and one major tear and a few smaller tears. Plus the sides need added stretcher strips. Once the paint was stabilized I did the patch work and now working on lifting off the old varnish. After the cleaning process is finished then the touch up work starts. I hope after I finish this project I can get started on the Mule deer painting.

 

[idnative1948]

I am currently working on conserving this painting. It's from the 1860's - 1870's
It had extensive water damage and one major tear and a few smaller tears. Plus the sides need added stretcher strips. Once the paint was stabilized I did the patch work and now working on lifting off the old varnish. After the cleaning process is finished then the touch up work starts. I hope after I finish this project I can get started on the Mule deer painting.

WOW! You truly amaze me from the fine arts perspective! As much as I would like to get back into watercolor/pen the smell of sawdust just keeps getting in my head. Will try to get pics up of the water damaged/rat damaged organ I turned into a nice desk for my wife.

 

[mdunc8]

Looks meticulous. Where are you located?

 

[DaveHawk]

mdumc8 I'm just outside DC a few mile in Md.

idnative let see some of your art and I'd like to see what other guys do with damaged furniture beside toss them in the fire pit. I get a lot of stuff people will ask is this worth refinishing? My 1st question back to them ; What's it worth to you?
It's Kind of like fishing, get them snagged set the hook and reel them in. The web site dose a lot of my snagging.

 

[DaveHawk]

I did the in-painting last night and now will start the color matching over the in-painting.

 

[idnative1948]

Before pic of organ when it was water damaged and rat infested.

Two years off disassembly and alot of hand sanding/polishing

 

[Danvet]

Amazing work, both of you. idnative, I envy your perseverance and patience.

 

[tarheel]

Nice work, both of you. My art ability is all geometric, but my son makes a good living at art and both his girls are accomplished artists. Attached is where I get inspiration. I made this piece from solid black walnut with cypress back to lighten it up inside. Bride needed another box to show her sparklies off, but I need to get her busy on the tea service.

 

[NChunter]

We have some very talented people on here!

 

[idnative1948]

Nice work, both of you. My art ability is all geometric, but my son makes a good living at art and both his girls are accomplished artists. Attached is where I get inspiration. I made this piece from solid black walnut with cypress back to lighten it up inside. Bride needed another box to show her sparklies off, but I need to get her busy on the tea service.

Damn! I would be too chicken to work with that nice of wood! I never can seem to remember the adage, "Measure twice, cut once." Hense, large piles of sawdust and wood shavings.

 

[DaveHawk]

idnative that is a quality looking job you did on the organ. I've done a few of them and you really need to know your stuff. Nice Job

Tarheel you are very talented with wood. Nice finish on the piece.

 

[noharleyyet]

Dave, Idnative, tarheel....very impressive. Thanks for the pics.

 

[tarheel]

Dave, Idnative, tarheel....very impressive. Thanks for the pics.

Stop it you guys; I've a bad rotator cuff and can no longer pat myself on the back. There are several more that I'm pretty proud of but they're in other people's homes and I don't have pics of them in situ.

 

[DaveHawk]

tarheel, thats a good reason to call them and ask if you can get good pictures. A lot of times I will get another job from a customer at a phone call.

Tar I've had 4 shoulder surgery's 2 of both and I still talk up work LOL

 

[tarheel]

tarheel, thats a good reason to call them and ask if you can get good pictures. A lot of times I will get another job from a customer at a phone call.

Tar I've had 4 shoulder surgery's 2 of both and I still talk up work LOL

Did that very thing this morning. Drove over to Charlotte and invaded a couple of customer's homes. Here are the results. Actually, the colonial dry sink is in my own home, the cradle in my daughter's. The cradle is a story of it's own. The trees (beech) were cut by my father on what was my great-grandfather's farm. I used hand tools passed down from both grandfathers, did the work and gave the cradle to my daughter a couple of weeks before she bore me another grandson, so by the time the little bugger slept in it for the first time there was a six generation connection to it. I appointed her "Keeper of the cradle", and she is to dispense it to any following descendants, collect it when it's no longer needed, and then assign it a new "Keeper" when the time is appropriate; long after I'm gone.

On the entertainment console I had to use walnut ply on the doors and drawer front to stay away from warpage so common on large panels. Hardest part was selling that idea to the customer 'til I showed her some factory made pieces done the same way.

 

[DaveHawk]

Dry Sink is a nice early country piece. I will also use Ply for drawers and doors. You have to tweak the color a bit to match but if that is what it takes for a good job so be it. Nice Work !