It felt good to make something just for fun tonite. my friend Kyle Pahlow has a gimpy shoulder and cannot surf till the fall. but he has recently been cleared to swim. so i made him this hand plane that has been glued up for 2 years and never got made because i am always too busy. ( which is the same excuse i have for why my website sucks and my own house looks like a hovel).
it’s a little bigger than most of the hand planes i’ve seen. but it’s the american way you know. consider it like a hummer. the strap is vegan!- a webbed cotton belt from the thrift shop. (bonus points) the wood was left over from an alaia which was made from jobsite leftovers. (mega-double bonus)
lets all be stoked for kyle and hope he doesn’t blow out his other shoulder.
if you want a handplane:call me or email. it’s fun!
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oiling up some new cutting boards for the Art Star Craft Bazaar on May 12-13. there are some absolute gems in this pile. Come get a sneak peak this first Friday night at the Race st. pier in Philly. Under the Ben Franklin Bridge from 6-9pm
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this is incredible.
Sentayehu Teshale is a woodworker in Addis Ababa:
As long as my chairs last, my customers will remember me.
(Via Robin Wood.)
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Farmhaus Kitchen
Latest kitchen install in center city and my first official kitchen as Farmhaus. Thats a reclaimed heart-pine bar top and shelving. All the handles are hand-made. Steel handles on the walnut doors. Walnut handles on the white doors. The branded drawers make it official. Stoked on this.
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Cira Center Install Photos. Paintings by Mike Ski on Barnwood Wall by Ben McBrien. Detail of Laser Engraved mattes.
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8.17.05 - Ben McBrien. A man of many many talents.
Check out his newest creations. http://farmhausfurniture.tumblr.com/
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preview of the displays i built and installed in NYC for Bern Unlimited
more to come soon. STOKED!
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" The planting of a tree, especially one of the hardwood trees, is a gift which you can make to posterity at almost no cost and with almost no trouble, and if the tree takes root it will far outlive the visible effect of any of your actions, good or evil. ” George Orwell"
(via juliedurkacz)
(via wyckoffwoodworks)
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Captain’s Couch
Basically a low chest of drawers, i built this for NYC power couple Daniel Plenge and Lauren Gerrie, as a storage solution for their small apt. It aligns with an existing brick ledge behind it so the upholstered cushion (not shown) covers both and making a couch, a daybed, a guest bed, and a bench when they pull the dining table over to seat more guests. i will re-brotograph this when the cushion is in.
case: maple ply with a walnut frame
doors: walnut ply drawer faces with integrated steel handles.
hardware: Blum soft-closing drawer slides
bonus: Aromatic Cedar closet-liner on the inside back panel keeps the moths away and freshens up stored items.
