Charles Ludwig Fuess (Center)
The "First Family" in Cuero, Texas
Circa 1970 ...
More circa 1970 ...
The Brothers ...
Fine lookin' group of Fuess men ..
Bernie Fuess Wake
Trillium - Rare Michigan Forest Flower
Here's a little joint project my wife Natasha and I did. The scene is a European castle rendered in cross stitch which took Natasha a year and 6 days to complete (working daily I might add!). I designed and made the custom frame out of a piece of Amish Walnut.
Although I have always been too shy to do so in public, I've always enjoyed playing the piano. My grandmother, a violinist from the Boston Conservatory, started to teach me piano when I was 8 years old. But after a few years when I started to play Boogie Woogie and stuff she left in disgust never to return for another lesson. In early 2011 I noticed that my hands were getting ever worse with arthritis so I thought it was about time I preserved a few of my favorite pieces. The Riffs and Variations on a Theme are my creations, Moonlight Sonata is Beethoven's of course and the Preludes are Chopin's. The Well Tempered Clavier, Vol I No 1 is Bach and is also known as his Ave Maria but is so different from Schubert's variation that you really can't sing to it. And finally Photo Jaunie is one of the most beautiful creations by the Canadian Composer André Gagnon (I'm sorry André that I cannot do it justice but perhaps people who gear it will look you up and buy your albums!). I hope you enjoy hearing these as much as I have enjoyed playing them.
| 01 - David's Riff Variation 1 | |
| 02 - First Variation On A Theme | |
| 03 - Moonlight Sonata | |
| 04 - Photo Jaunie | |
| 05 - Prelude Op 28 No 4 | |
| 06 - Prelude Op 28 No 20 | |
| 07 - Second Variation On A Theme | |
| 08 - Well Tempered Clavier, Vol I No 1 | |
| 09 - David's Riff Variation 2 |
A recent wood working magazine had an article on constructing a 17th century scroll box. So I got to thinking about how a modern artist might render it using today's technology. Here's the result
Paying tribute to my Celtic roots I decided to add a Tree of Life top.
The scroll sides are cut in Walnut while the top and bottom are Tiger Maple.
Shoehorns are so mundane who would think of creating objects of art out of them? Well, I would, and here are just a couple of examples.
The extra long reach is great for us older folk who really don't like bending over that far or sitting down to be shod. The upper one is a tribute to my wife's Viking ancestors. Here's a larger view of the bust of Thor
and of course the eagle
I hope folks enjoy using them as much as I did making them.