Starting to fit the base molding to the font

 

Saturday was Bowdoinham's second annual open studio day for village artists and craftspeople. I set out coffee and blonde brownies for my potential guests. The day was sunny and warm. Consequently there were fewer visitors than last year when the weather was cloudy and gardens and other out-door activities weren't beckoning. I enjoyed talking with those who did came by. To help pass the time I started shaping the molding profile of the first major element of the font's base. I formed the curved profile shown above from 8/4 central american mahogony with a hand plane after first cutting away as much waste as possible on the table-saw. The base molding will be made up from five stacked layers of molding. The finished complex molding reflects both ancient Greek column base profiles and the carved stone moldings found in gothic architecture. The inspiration for this profile was found in a book of elevations and molding profiles measured in early American churches. The finished base is dramatic, visually anchoring the font to the floor.

 

A STORE link has now been added to the drop-down navigation bar on my home page. Clicking on this link will bring up two further pages. The first shows one of my shop made hand planes available for sale. Other planes wil be added to this page in the future.  The second is a new page showing the first of several Windsor chair plans I am offering for sale. Questions about either my planes or plans may be emailed to me via the email address shown on my contact page. Thank you for dropping by.