http://axon.com.au/wordpress Woodwork, Pizza, Design, Food and Stuff Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:32:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="455" caption="Left overs from the cockies stripping a local gum"][/caption] . http://axon.com.au/wordpress/index.php/2010/06/cockatoo-tailings/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="455" caption="Tomato salsa"][/caption] As seen on the dining room table. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="455" caption="The Star"][/caption] . http://axon.com.au/wordpress/index.php/2010/04/dancing-with-tomatoes/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="455" caption="'Spare chair'"][/caption] At last I've processed some of the photos of the chair I designed and made for the Alumni exhibition last year. The spare chair is lightweight in mass, design and use of materials. It is designed to be easily carried out onto the deck or ... http://axon.com.au/wordpress/index.php/2010/02/spare-chair/ We have a breeding family of Peewees (Grallina cyanoleuca) in our back yard. The colloquial name comes from their call. In the peculiarly Australian way they are also known as Magpie-larks as they are related to neither magpies nor larks. Our pair currently have three young. When feeding the chooks yesterday ... http://axon.com.au/wordpress/index.php/2010/02/peewee-chorus/ Finally my chair for the 'Chairs of the Alumni' exhibition is finished. You will have noticed the lack of the promised progress reports. Just too much on I'm afraid but I have the photos and will publish some 'making' posts in weeks to come. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="455" caption="'Spare' chair - ... http://axon.com.au/wordpress/index.php/2009/09/just-finished/ My design for a chair for the Chairs of the Alumni exhibition has 'sculpted' joints where the stretchers intersect the legs and where the middle cross stretcher intersects the two side stretchers. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="3d render showing the location of the joints"][/caption] I've just completed the two joints where ... http://axon.com.au/wordpress/index.php/2009/08/alumni-chair-shaping-the-stretcher-joints/ Well it was a long time ago that I promised to keep you up-to-date with my progress towards a chair for the Chairs of the Alumni exhibition. No updates (other than this general one) fortunately doesn't mean no progress - although as always I wish I was further along the ... http://axon.com.au/wordpress/index.php/2009/06/alumni-chair-update/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="455" caption="Transitional chook house"][/caption] Like many makers of 'fine furniture' I find it a challenge to build low-precision structures. Hacking out a garden bench with an adze is one thing but as soon as a joint is involved I can't resist finely paring the shoulders perfectly square or ... http://axon.com.au/wordpress/index.php/2009/05/chook-carpentry/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="455" caption="Pasties"][/caption] I've already established my love of savory pies. I also have a permanent hunger for the well-made pasty. I grew up in Adelaide which is not only the home of the famous pie floater but also the best pasties in the world ((Possible controversial statement)). Pasties (or ... http://axon.com.au/wordpress/index.php/2009/04/of-pies-and-pasties/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="455" caption="Kaffir Lime"][/caption] The answer to What is it? Part 4 is Kaffir Lime (Citrus hystrix). My neighbour has a beautiful kaffir lime tree growing in a pot near her front door. Knowing I'm a keen cook she generously suggested I take as many fruit and leaves as I ... http://axon.com.au/wordpress/index.php/2009/03/kaffir-revealed/