He continues to do woodworking creating great beauty though.
This is for his home. It is western red cedar with a bamboo screen in the gate.
The rafter ends are painted white. I especially like how some of the rafters are paired closely together.
The gate posts are cut to fit on the granite boulders of the foundation. There is a 3"x1/2" x 24" steel bar running vertically inside the post, through the rock and into a buried concrete foundation. It looks so great and it is powerfully strong.
Exquisite
My Own Gate,
You have seen the watercolor of this in a previous entry. Here it is.
It's a combination of styles with carved almost Gothic tracery in bottom panels and the organic Art Nouveau
top rail.
I'm enjoying hand carving more and more. The tracery was hand carved as was the little sweeping roof over them.
That top curve became more and more thrilling as I carved.
