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Origins – Guitar Maker

Tuesday, December 3, 2013Tuesday, December 3, 2013 ~ George Crawford ~ Leave a comment

A beautiful, but all too short of a film showing a master luthier at work.

http://vimeo.com/80626929#

Guitar Maker, Vassilis Lazarides

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 ~ George Crawford ~ 1 Comment

A beautiful short film about the maker.

Pieces of wood, love, knowledge and 299 hours of work, condensed in a 3 minute film.

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A Gallery of Some Past Projects

My Portmanteau. 18th Century style, it has become my favorite overnight bag.

Flame maple neck, walnut rim.

Tools, clockwise from lower left: large awl, sewing awl, rivercane needle case, bone toothpick, sewing needles in center.

Higher, more ergonomic table.

Argh! A moment of distraction means the snap of a stone bit!

Design was kept as short as possible for transport. The cross bolt where the arm hinges is a salvaged bolt from an old truck spare tire holder.

Treadle lathe turned bowl and plate made by Mick Robins in spaleted alder (I think). The spoon is Osage orange carved by me.

Low-resolution selfie from a morning hike.

Mountain dulcimer.

Replicated woven sandals from the Southern High Plains and the greater Southwest. Produced from narrow-leaf yucca.

Bodhrans.

Willow pack basket I made several years ago. The straps were obviously new then.

An overview of traveling gear. I see this format on the web a lot so I’m stealing the style from far batter photographers than I.

Taking a break.

The small rucksack with the portmanteau attached.

Paleotool at Rabbitstick, Rexburg, Idaho

The author with his antler-fork walking stick and his dog begging for a walk.

The holdfasts in place, holding nothing in particular.

And I added a leather thong.

My traveling bucksaw.

Elk leg sinews dried and ready for processing.

Dopp kit and some leather working tools I use to create items like this.

The little table has many miles on it now and doesn’t look this pretty at all. I’m actually in the midst of refinishing it and will post pictures sometime soon.

The sacred connection.

Bodhrans.

My personal favorite (at the moment).

A little walnut oil brings out the grain.

The bench’s small size will allow it to pack easily into the truck, even holding items in the tills.

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