PRO Visual Arts

PRO Visual Arts Custom made fine wood gifts, signage and fine furniture repair and restoration. Professional scanning, and Product photography.

Experience:
Professional Furniture Repair and Restoration
Professional Carving & Repair
Professional Antique Restoration
Scanner Operator since 1983
Professional Photographer since 1985
Professional Graphic Designer since 1991
Professional Book Layout, Design & Publishing
Professional Printing & Graphics Pre Press since 1992
Graphic Design Teacher since 1997
Professional Illustrator

Progress report: Thursday, January 16.Only the top beam remains to be attached.
01/17/2025

Progress report: Thursday, January 16.

Only the top beam remains to be attached.

01/16/2025

Prayer with Power

Relocating plugged mortices in the correct orientation, (Missing boring out offset holes for draw-bored dowels), Trimmin...
01/15/2025

Relocating plugged mortices in the correct orientation, (Missing boring out offset holes for draw-bored dowels), Trimming dowels flush, Corrected a pair of legs toward one complete (Japanese Style) sawhorse.
The fit is proving incredibly tight.

Following up on a mistake made in the direction of rectangle mortices and their placement, the following plugs were cut ...
01/07/2025

Following up on a mistake made in the direction of rectangle mortices and their placement, the following plugs were cut and glued in. Nice and tight.
Placement for the correct placement failed again, putting them in the wrong orientation.
I'll chalk that one up to the head cold.

A friend brought this nice china cupboard door to me with a very unusual break. The break rand down the grain, in Oak an...
01/06/2025

A friend brought this nice china cupboard door to me with a very unusual break. The break rand down the grain, in Oak and, I couldnt see any flaws in the wood.
Luckily, he was extremely careful to keep all the delicate splinters intact. That made the glue up SO much easier and made the outcome invisible!

Working on shaving down tenons to fit the mortices.All working well ... until it wasn't. I'd already cut.mortices in 3 o...
01/06/2025

Working on shaving down tenons to fit the mortices.

All working well ... until it wasn't.

I'd already cut.mortices in 3 of 6 top support members, but found that I'd cut them 90° off the shape of the tenons and, spaced too far apart.

Worked another few hours today, cutting tenons on the end grain of my 4x4 legs.Bandsaw blade broke, but made a new 1/8" ...
12/31/2024

Worked another few hours today, cutting tenons on the end grain of my 4x4 legs.
Bandsaw blade broke, but made a new 1/8" blade work.

Just 4 hours in the workshop tonight after I got a second wind after dinner.Measuring out where to make bandsaw cuts for...
12/30/2024

Just 4 hours in the workshop tonight after I got a second wind after dinner.
Measuring out where to make bandsaw cuts for tenons on both ends of each beam.
These will be the legs for my Japanese style Sawhorses.

Today's workshop journey finally got me back to the 4 Japanese style sawhorses. Here, I am carefully using a bandsaw to ...
12/29/2024

Today's workshop journey finally got me back to the 4 Japanese style sawhorses.

Here, I am carefully using a bandsaw to cut the tenon for the cross member that stabilizes the two legs.

The main group of my carving chisels are all razor sharp and ready to go.
12/28/2024

The main group of my carving chisels are all razor sharp and ready to go.

Had a major tune up to perform on the set of 6 Irwin - Marples morticing chisels I bought.for Christmas. The before clos...
12/28/2024

Had a major tune up to perform on the set of 6 Irwin - Marples morticing chisels I bought.for Christmas.
The before close ups show chipped edges as if the previous owner had tried to use them for carving stone!
The after shot shows the gleaming honed and polished cutting edges after an average of 1 hour with each chisel. That steel wasn't giving in easily.

First few hours work on my "Lutheran Rose".
12/20/2024

First few hours work on my "Lutheran Rose".

Beginning a new carving tonight.1: resized photo being traced onto board2: drawing with shading cues on board.
12/20/2024

Beginning a new carving tonight.
1: resized photo being traced onto board
2: drawing with shading cues on board.

Story of an Ash slab.Final position as a bar top is secure, as final wiring and panels are added toward completion as a ...
12/15/2024

Story of an Ash slab.

Final position as a bar top is secure, as final wiring and panels are added toward completion as a functional bar.

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Ames, IA
50010

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Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

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