I don’t make many belts, (and perhaps more than I should) but I can’t seem to resist a challenge once in awhile. Here’s some work on paper of a repeating belt pattern and another wider version for a guitar strap. Straps (belts and the like) lend themselves to repeating patterns. This an example of the […]
Shaped on an Anvil
Richard Tschirley stood straight for a man in his eighties although he was nearly blind without the thick, black framed glasses he wore. We sat visiting in the front room of the small home he and his wife of many years lived. I had become reacquainted with them after moving to Spokane to attend school. […]
Strength and Weakness
Tim is an attorney from Boston for whom I’ve done work for over the years. We talk on the phone occasionally about horses, saddles, and life. I consider him a thoughtful friend. Yesterday he was asking about building another pair of chaps…’says he’s got a new horse that he wants to show this summer. I […]
The Outside View
In his book “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman speaks about how difficult it is to take the outside view. We get ingrained with our ways of thinking and have a very tough time regarding any other point of view. While gathering up an arm load of wood the other night, I […]