http://www.daniyel.com/dlog my ideas Thu, 20 May 2010 16:00:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well the housing market is starting to pick up. I sold my first birdhouse today. (The one with the random paint on it.) I have been making them all summer... missing the nesting season, it seems. They are all from reclaimed, recycled materials and found objects. The first few didn't open ... http://www.daniyel.com/dlog/bird-houses/ We have way more space than we could handle this year. So we have stuck with tomatoes, basil, a pepper plant, some squash, green beans, catnip, kale, and some wild flower seeds to fill in some space. We are still discovering the state of the soil and such, so the ... http://www.daniyel.com/dlog/the-yard/ Click the smaller image for a larger view. Grin. The weather was incredible this weekend so I propped the shop doors open and spent some hours on a Classical Cigar Box Guitar. As usual, I am not finished with this project but am too excited to wait to post it. Of note, ... http://www.daniyel.com/dlog/classical-cigar-box-guitar/ Original bass blog here. Hey there! Yesterday I etched the control plate for the Suitcase Bass. All traditional intaglio process, 1. Cleaned and prepped the brass plate. 2. Put a soft ground on it. (Some kid of tar, brushed on, then cooked.) 3. Hours of carving the ground off. 4. Then 1 ... http://www.daniyel.com/dlog/bass-update-2-brass-etching/ For the love of my children, and yours, please vote for Barack Obama for president of the United States. http://www.daniyel.com/dlog/i-trust-my-friends-and-family-to-look-into-their-own-hearts-and-make-honest-thoughtful-decisions/ So this one is perhaps the wierdest, a hybrid of chimeric ilk. (Heh, Heh.) It started with a film reel canister, (an old Eastman Kodak tin.) Just like all the others, it has a "neck-thru" structure. The tail-piece is a 3-holed hinge. I made the head stock out of some ... http://www.daniyel.com/dlog/canjolin/ Please continue to learn about this project here---> http://www.daniyel.com/dlog/next-bass-project-bumjo/ http://www.daniyel.com/dlog/some-of-this-land/ http://www.daniyel.com/dlog/walk/ http://www.daniyel.com/dlog/brickwork-pic/