Another weeks work.Still need to string it up and put wires on the earrings. There is an ivory buckle special order, you can't tell by the pic, inlaid with a brass letter "E". Lots of deer horn necklaces this week and some smaller carved trees.

There is also a sign that didn't show up in this picture that says,"Fairy Folk Welcome, a special order from Alley. See you at Market!!

Well we're doing Holiday Market now...lots of fun, very busy. Here is a pic of some pieces I made last week, before they were strung..... Only one more weekend there and the three days before Christmas, come see us at the Fairgrounds in Eugene...

The Tree Collection (Some new Stuff)

I've been getting into doing trees these days and they have been selling as quick as I can make them, so finally decided to get some pics.. Have some amazing wood to work with, friends gave me some and my favorite is a Myrtle wood root burl I found at rthe beach, hard as stone but carves great. Also been working with Yew, Mountain Mahogany and some Purple Yew that sat in a bog a long time and turned purple... Also doing inlays where the sky is turquoise and the grass is Malachite. Have a couple of my Grandmothers old Piano keys that I did scrimshaw on and carved some.... Life is Great...

OK, so this isn't a tree...and the pics blurry, but it's new, an inlaid hummingbird with Malachite and coral with some scrimshaw in ivory, in Myrtle...

And the Turtle's not a tree either...malachite in some cool wood, and the Mushroom in Yew Wood isn't a tree either..

New Pipes for Movie Studio in Belfast

These are wizard pipes I made for a movie studio in Belfast. One is Deer Horn and ebony wood, inlaid with a turquoise eagle, the twin pipes are in Myrtlewood, they have copper inlaid celtic knots on the sides and tigers eye inlaid in silver in the front. Going to be in a movie " Your Highness"I sent them a really cool necklace with the last batch of pipes, was told today they finally received the last ones and will use the necklace.. The first pipes were sent about a month ago, they didn't get until today and had given up, so ordered more. Nice folks.

Busy Week, lot's of inlays, and my first Hard Cheese

Here is my first batch of Hard cheese, made it in the greenhouse on a hot day...Below you can see the cheese curds in the whey. It's dried for a few days now so I have to wax it... Pretty cool.

That is some of last weeks inlay work, and a pipe I finished..

Cherry Pitter

Well we went and picked a bunch of strawberries the other day, and 21 pounds of cherries....then found out the Farms cherry pitter wasn't workin....so I invented one from an old drill press stand, only took a few minutes, and viola....it rocks....

Eugene Saturday Market

Every week we sell at the Eugene Saturday Market in Eugene Oregon. It's a lot of fun, good music, food and there is a drum circle near by for Jeff when he's going through drumming withdrawls. This and our online store at ETSY, www.mysticorb.etsy.com are how we make our living... It's a good life!!!
This is our Saturday Market booth. Last week I found some nice rugs at a Garage Sale...now it's nice and cozy..