Many of Tim's pieces are made from dumpster-bound wood. He rescues it, cleans it up, trims it, and before you know it, Voilà. A beautiful new piece!
But, back to those humble origins...they happen.
Last week, following a lead a friend gave him, Tim "harvested" some new materials. Er, old materials. A retired gentleman living out in the country was tearing down an out building, and was planning on burning all the wood.
Tim was very glad to rescue this beautiful wood.
It may not look beautiful yet, but it will. I think he already has a plan in mind for each piece.
Yesterday, he went out and finished loading all he wanted...
It was late enough when he was done, he just went ahead a brought it home. I was glad to get to take some pictures.
When I look at that pile of wood, I admit, all I see is a mess. No way could you pay me to load all that up, or clean it up.
But when Tim looks at it, he sees the character in each board. I love that he can look at a piece of wood, and he sees how thick it is--which tells him is it's really old, or just sort of old. He sees the texture of the cuts, and can imagine what tools were used on it.
Some of the wood he gathered is really old. He gets really excited about that. He sees kitchen tables, bulletin board frames, mirrors, and I don't know what else. He's having so much fun.
I went down and visited the "shop" this week, and was impressed with the idea that not only do our products have humble origins...so does Poplar Head.
I caught Tim painting outside. I know he dreams of having an indoor paint booth...vented, temperature controlled, equipped with a monster air compressor with nozzle hook-ups all over the place.
But he patiently uses what he's got for now.
He's working on some new frames...
They're going to be beautiful!
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