Here are four more burned and stained Maple tea lights that I done recently. These are also done in the Peyoke style and approximately 4 1/2″ in diameter and 2″ tall and fit a 1 1/2″ glass cup with a candle.

Each one has a different shape, burned and carved accents and stained areas. They are all finished with EEE Cream and Shellawax. The stained areas are finished with wipe-on poly.

These tea lights, like the previous ones, gave me the opportunity to try out these different ideas on actual pieces.

Here’s some more photos showing the individual tea lights, starting with the first one:

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Here’s a few tea lights that I turned recently. They are approximately 4 1/2″ in diameter and 2″ tall and fit a 1 1/2″ glass cup with a candle.

They are finished with EEE Cream and Shellawax. As well, the stained areas are finished with wipe-on poly.

Like my other projects in the Peyoke series they each have their own style of accents done by carving, burning and staining.

Here’s some photos of the individual tea lights:

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All this time I thought it was a birdhouse and here it was a house for squirrels!

When I built the birdhouse last year it ended up being a bit too late for tenants that spring. We were keeping our eye on it this Spring but hadn’t seen any action other than the occasion visit from one of our resident squirrels.

However, my wife and I were having tea on the patio the other day when we heard a noise and looked up and saw a small head poke out of one of the windows:

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This month’s meeting of the Atlantic Woodworkers Association was a trip down memory lane with a review of the year’s 1988 and 1992 that featured a video tour of two past exhibitions. Yes, there was even popcorn!

The exhibition held May 17-28 1988 was hosted at the Anna Leonowens Gallery and the exhibition held in 1992 was held from September 10th to November 14th at the Mary E. Black Gallery. This was the 10th anniversary of the club and it was a juried exhibition.

The amateur video was earlier converted from VHS to DVD and although it is showing its age it is an excellent snapshot into the history of the club and clearly shows the professional level achieved by the members.

What really took my breath away when I first saw this video was not only the high quality of the projects but their diversity. There were carvings, both portrait and wildlife, Windsor chairs of several varieties, formal chairs with ball and claw legs, Krenov-style cabinets, tables with gear driven drawers, boxes, toys, all styles of woodturnings and a lot more.

In addition to the video presentation was a quick review of the newsletters from these periods highlighting the following:

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