In the shop, away from the computer, with the exception of responding to client's e-mails.
Here's what I've been up to, starting with............SACRED CRAFT, Del Mar, 2009.
Sacred Craft exhibition was even better than last year! The atmosphere in general was much more upbeat. The cloud of financial doom and gloom seems to be fading.........Thank God!Christopher Tomlin, single-fin finatic / shaper and JC.
NEW: INLAID LOGOS!
Artist Ric Allison of Maker, with whom Terry Martin and I collaborated on the 2 art boards in this post, designed and produced new logos for me...........done in exotic woods inlay.ART BOARDS COLLABORATION
L-R, Terry Martin, Ric Allison, John Cherry. 9-0 chambered balsa Simmons, 9-6 Balsa longboard with exotic wood marquetry. Ready to be glassed.
Art boards : 30-35 lb. weight range. TOTALLY RIDEABLE!
Finz.
Wooden Jellies.FRANCESCO DI TOMMASO
Francesco "Grasshopper" Di Tommaso from Bari Italy, Surfing buddy, brother from another mother, riding his favorite california board, a 9-2, 2+1, Cherry surfboards performance longboard at Egor's. August '09.
I FINALLY scored a load of superb balsa this summer from Tropical Exotic Hardwoods of Latin America, located in Carlsbad. The sticks with the gold-painted ends are feather light, the likes of which I thought I would never see again. The rest is just..........more superb, light wood.
Francesco "Grasshopper" Di Tommaso from Bari Italy, Surfing buddy, brother from another mother, riding his favorite california board, a 9-2, 2+1, Cherry surfboards performance longboard at Egor's. August '09.NEW BALSA
I FINALLY scored a load of superb balsa this summer from Tropical Exotic Hardwoods of Latin America, located in Carlsbad. The sticks with the gold-painted ends are feather light, the likes of which I thought I would never see again. The rest is just..........more superb, light wood.ALAIA
I shaped my 1st alaia. It is out of Parota (central Mexico). The wood is beautiful, very light and has very nice rigid-flex properties.
I shaped my 1st alaia. It is out of Parota (central Mexico). The wood is beautiful, very light and has very nice rigid-flex properties. SIMM-21's
Frank Cherry's 7-0
Keith Campbell's (Georgia) 6-6
1962 HOBIE REPRODUCTION
Francesco and I shaped a reproduction of my 1962 Hobie shop model for Francesco.
10'10" SWALLOWTAIL QUAD
This one was for Bobby "Diamond" Donnelly. The "anit-sweeper" machine.
Frank Cherry's 7-0
Keith Campbell's (Georgia) 6-61962 HOBIE REPRODUCTION
Francesco and I shaped a reproduction of my 1962 Hobie shop model for Francesco.10'10" SWALLOWTAIL QUAD
This one was for Bobby "Diamond" Donnelly. The "anit-sweeper" machine.HAND PLANE BLANKS
Why not??
KOA "D" TEMPLATE
For my good friend and fellow fin craftsman, Danny Partch, Big Island, HI.
8.75 X 8.75 BOX FIN
For Kevin Ho, Oahu, HI. 8.75 Tyler Surfboards "Zeke" template (with permission).
UWL Surfboards in France is making a lot of these boards. This is the 4th batch of exotic wood keels for my friend, Renaud Cardinal of UWL.
CHERRY-PAVEL TEMPLATE, D/F KEELS
For my surf finatic, good friend, Holly Yang. Flame maple over cedar over Peruvian walnut.
Why not?? KOA "D" TEMPLATE
For my good friend and fellow fin craftsman, Danny Partch, Big Island, HI.All Koa, dark heart wood and gray sapwood. Purpleheart pinlines. Danny will foil and glass this one.
8.75 X 8.75 BOX FIN
For Kevin Ho, Oahu, HI. 8.75 Tyler Surfboards "Zeke" template (with permission).Peruvian Walnut, African Mahogany, California Redwood, Maple pinlines.
Laid up my hand, hand fit to the standard center box.
MIN-SIMMS SIMMONS D/F KEELS
MIN-SIMMS SIMMONS D/F KEELS
UWL Surfboards in France is making a lot of these boards. This is the 4th batch of exotic wood keels for my friend, Renaud Cardinal of UWL.CHERRY-PAVEL TEMPLATE, D/F KEELS
For my surf finatic, good friend, Holly Yang. Flame maple over cedar over Peruvian walnut.These are going on one of Steve Masts's short-board creations.
That's all for now. i'm back down to the shop!
Aloha,
JC
