DavidxDoud

I'm sorry for the mistaken identity - I shall have to dig up the card to find who I dealt with at the Johnny Appleseed Festival in Ft Wayne IN - 3rd weekend in Sept each year - it's a big event that draws a lot of traditional craft - the two biggest days of my year - I have an orchard and do a bit of wood-butchery to stave off boredom (smile) http://finewoodworking.taunton.com/item/9353/antique-of-the-future


I do remember the shaker box fellow was from Michigan and had a Michigan source for the spectacular wood he used for his line of Shaker boxes/trays - it was his first year there - I was happy to see him as the festival has suffered the loss of several superior craftsmen/women recently from age/health related issues - I wish I were seeing more young people stepping up -

anyway, best of luck to you, keep up the good work -
D

Hi Chuck -

I believe we met at J Appleseed last year - had a nice chat, I was set up down the hill from you with the apples - I bought a couple of your pieces - one box for a gift and a tray similar to the photo we use everyday -

beautiful material, well crafted -

will you be returning in 2009? -

keep up the good work!

D

I am wondering about the size of the object -

kudos on the design and craftsmanship -

D

thank you for your kind words Doug -

the quality of so many of these objects is such that I do not envy the judges trying to pick the 'best' - I wonder if they are questioning what they got into

I'm under no illusion that my craftsmanship rises to the level represented by the elites in this contest - my consolation is that I have given the best I have to the ones I love as a remembrance - that's good enough for now -

eh - too long a story to get into here, but building these in January and February this year represented a sorely needed catharsis -

namaste -
D