December 09, 2008

American Loon (White Pine, painted)

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"During WWII I made several items while serving as skipper on a subchaser in the South Pacific: a bracelet made of Japanese money for Zan, who I was courting by mail, a ring with a Japanese gold tooth mounted on it, an ashtray from a 40mm gun shell that I gave to my Uncle Morris (my mother’s older brother). I also made a candy dish out of a coconut shell. I sawed through the shell off-center and scooped the coconut out of each part, then sanded and polished both parts inside and out and glued the inverted pieces together so that the smaller piece became the base and the larger piece the bowl."

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