New 3' boards in the works...

I've been working on some boards for clients lately. These are all around 3' , hand glued and shaped. The first 2 are for Lance and are going to be wall hangers. #3 is for a large sculpture and is once again inspired by Mike (Gnar Gnar) Black's Pig project. The 4th will be for a large sculpture also which will be placed in a local dentist office. # 2 & 3 will get glass chopstick fins that I am about to mount today. More pics to follow.

Evolution Surfboard Painting...

I love working w/ stencils and spray paint. There is something simple yet complex about it. Here is something I did on a board for the shop.

Heritage Ocean City counter tops cont...

The counter tops are now coated and look insane!!! There is so much figuring in the African Mahogany. The shimmers of gold are my favorite.

Heritage Ocean City counter tops

I've been working for the last month on building a new counter for Heritage Surf Shop in Ocean City, NJ. The base display cabinets are built out and now I'm working on the counter tops. This top is inspired by the floors I helped Jim Hyde of Old School Hardwood Floors install in Steve and Cookies by the Bay in Margate, NJ. It is reminiscent of an old boat deck. The African Mahogany and Maple set themselves off very cool. Here are shots of the tops before coating them.

Recycled crab pot buoy painting

Dia Lata was a Celtic water goddess. Here is the first example of my latest work on an old crab pot buoy I found in the bay while scavenging for driftwood for my sculptures.

Harry's Alaia continued...

I finished out gluing up the tailblock to Harry's board. I added a few more pieces of wood too. Here is a pic of the tailblock glued up and the outline of the tail cut out.

Curved tail block...

Here is a shot of the curved tail block I came up with for Harry's Alaia sitting in the jig. It's made from 3 strips of Honduran mahogany and 2 strips of royal paulownia.

Harry's Alaia

Here is the glue up for my OLC buddy Harry's alaia. Harry is the owner/roaster of Harry and Beans Coffee, yep, the guy that keeps me all coffeed up!

I ran into a bit of trouble milling this paulownia. The last time I got some it was very clear w/ minimal knots. This batch, from a different source, was riddled w/ worm holes and knots. Unfortunately I had to mill it into smaller pieces, so this glue-up is made from 5 pieces of royal paulownia. It's going to be around a 6'4 arc tail. I might do some fancy glue-ups in the tail for effect. We'll see.

Surfboard key rack

Here's a great spot for your keys. This Lis fish inspired surfboard is glued up from 11 stringers. Made from maple & mahogany strips with a blood wood, pine, purple heart t-band in the center. 5 cut nails line the board for plenty of space for your keys. Coated with a strong waterborne polyurethane finish. Mounting hardware included.

Buy it now here.

Ok, I really should use this blog to blog more ...

I just stink at it though.

Soooo, anyway, here we go.

The Help for Haiti Benefit at Steve & Cookies by the Bay in Margate, New Jersey tomorrow.

Please, if you are in the South Jersey area tomorrow swing by.

I have chosen to donate an Alaia (The one I made for the event is 6' and made from locally harvested white cedar.) and a royal paulownia hand plane. These will be silent auction items I do believe.