Court and Market Days

#562 Box Elder Bowl SOLD

Back in the day, somewhere around 1862, here in America we were in the midst of a Civil War. Still everyday tasks needed to be done. Farming, tinkering and tailoring quite often from sun up to sundown every day, except for Sunday as a rule. A wife needed a new spoon so her husband went and fashioned her one. She needed a bigger bowl for mixing. So he took the time and carved her out one. A battle was being fought and a southern general, Stonewall Jackson, was heading into battle.

Hence he stopped along his way, with the company of his men and prayed under a huge oak tree in the Grottos area of Virginia, or so the story goes. Who could imagine that some 300 years, plus or minus, branches of that tree would be carved and turned into pieces for you to purchase here today at our very own Harrisonburg Farmers Market.

#604 SJPT Collectable Spoon
SOLD

So stop what you are doing today and step back into a different kind of market where dancers, musicians, artisans and maybe even a solider or two might be walking the dusty field. After that then head down the embankment to the current Harrisonburg Farmers Market where you will find us vending along with 40 plus other Saturday marketers. Commemorate your special time there with a handcrafted piece made by artisan Steve. We have bowls, spoons, bud vases and even some finger tops for the children. If you are looking for a piece designed and created from the Stonewall Jackson Prayer Tree we will also have some of those pieces there also.

Until next we meet…take the right branch

Pinterest Look

Well in addition to all of the everyday it's now Springtime things to do I had decided to fool around with the Studio Gallery page. It started out as a simple I want to add some more pictures of the pieces that have come out from the studio of late. But I wanted to add them to the top of the page and not the bottom. Trying to figure out how to do that, and I haven't yet figured it out, led me to hours and hours of work. The final effect is what we call the Pinterest look. Pictures, framed white, thoughtfully but carelessly  placed. Since I feel that Blogger has a mind of its own I will still try to play with it... hopefully posting the newer pieces at the top of the page instead of at the bottom. But like all things in their infancy it does what it wants to do and I have so much to learn in so little time.

Added this week or last to our Studio Gallery was:

• #538 "Frankenstein" Notice the lines... they are turquoise. Even Frankie can have a little bling in his life.
• #602 Stonewall Jackson Prayer Tree (SJPT) ornament. Signed, dated and registered.
• #603 Stonewall Jackson Prayer Tree (SJPT) Crotch Bowl. Remember that the crotch is where the branches fork out. This one has three spots.
• #604 Stonewall Jackson Prayer Tree (SJPT) Hand carved collectable spoon with prayer hands.
• #605 Stonewall Jackson Prayer Tree (SJPT) Hand carved collectable spoon with jacket cuff prayer hands and oak tree pyrographed into bowl.

Until next we meet or there inbetween...