The tree service is in full swing. We have been trimming and removing trees on a large estate that adjoins the nature conservancy. We also removed a large english walnut from between two houses. The top section was mostly fire wood but we were able to salvage two saw logs that will be nice for furniture.

Scott, Chris, and Brady took out a large group of wind damaged cottonwood trees and a cluster of russian olive in spanish valley.

Chris and Scott took down two large cottonwood trees out on the river yesterday. They were rotten and tangled and had to be cut apart and seperted with the forklift

We finished our first fountain out of gabbro from Torrey this week. We are excited ot work on larger ones now. Studio tour was this weekend and we met lots of interesting folks.

We have been working on a bunch of different projects in preparation for the Moab Studio Tour this coming weekend. See you there.

We cut this wood for a post and beam two story straw bale house. Its mostly 6x6's, 6x12's and some large beams (6x20x24'). We will post more pics as it goes up.

We have been over in Torrey cutting wood for some fences and a two story post and beam house. Here are acouple of movies. Hopefully we get better at posting them etc..

Katy made this green alabaster lamp with a black walnut base. She sliced the alabaster very thin, 1/8-1/16 of an inch thick. The lamp uses a compact fluorescent bulb for efficiency.

walnut

We cut another large black walnut tree yesterday. It was planted by the homeowners grandfather and died this winter. She is going to use some of the wood we mill to make two clocks. It was a bit of a rough day. Scott hit his head on the forks of the forklift and it seemed like it was the hottest day we have had yet. The humidity was very high and the mosquitoes made it all interesting. It was nice to have the forklift in town and to be able to get it all on the trailer!

Scott cut a basalt maquette for a fountain and sealed it. The basalt came from torrey and is glacial deposit from the mountains there. It is very hard but beautiful. We are going to start offering bowls, sculptures, fountains, bird baths, and sinks in this stone. We also sealed the diorite sink/basin. Scott Started two alabaster bowls, one whit with red bands the other is red with speckles.

Katy worked on some jewelry and lamp parts. She is combining black pipestone with varasite. She cut in to some lapis and some azurite. She cut slabs of a green alabaster with orange spots, white, white with red stripes and green alabaster.

Katy finished a catalpa bowl with serving utensils and Scott finished a juniper burl bowl.

trailer

We got our trailer this weekend after we dropped off the table. We loaded up Chris's forklift and it pulls great. We used it to pick cherries! That was fun. Now we will be able to pick up trees in town much easier.

aspen

We finished a black walnut table for Topper"s in Aspen. The walnut was from Gayle's house on Powerhouse ln. Katy inlayed the top with some green alabaster. The table is seven feet long and 44 inches high. It is pegged with antler.

Dave Sadoff finished a counter top for a client out of our poplar, apricot and chinese elm. It looks amazing and the woods compliment each other nicely. We finished some spoons and a pear wood bowl and a chinese elm bowl.

Table

We spent part of the day turning Gayle's black walnut tree into Greg Topper's table. It will be a tall barstool type table for his restaurant, Topper's