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here’s something really fun .. I’ve been learning to build bamboo fly rods under the guidance of Glenn Brackett,   http://www.sweetgrassrods.com/     I don’t know much about the entire process but I am slowly picking up some of the skills required to make them.  I’ve decided to dedicate a page on this site to this process and I will update that soon.  If you are interested in how to build one I’ll be posting pictures and my limited views of how it is done.  In the meantime, here are a few pictures of the rods I’ve been working on.  At this stage of the process I am unwrapping the string bindings, scraping residual glue and the bamboo enamel of the rod sections .. check back for the updated page and lots more pictures of selecting, splitting, heating, milling and gluing the bamboo.

Check out the ‘learning bamboo’ tab at the top of this page and come along for the initial stages of crafting a bamboo fly rod.

Designed with Maize Hutton this little box is made of reclaimed pine, aluminum and a leather interior.  It stands 6″ tall and has a footprint of 6.25″ wide x 7.25″ long.   The lift out tray is nearly 3.5″ x 4.5″ x 1.5″ deep.  The wood is from an 1860’s building in Uptown Butte and the aluminum is salvaged stock which is riveted with copper pins, distressed and polished by hand.  Proudly created and built in Butte, Montana, the second edition of these fine crafted boxes will be available for purchase in the upcoming weeks in person here and at Maize Hutton’s Studio.    

I should have posted this during the Holiday Season but I figure late is better than never!  This nativity is made of blue stain pine and is about 42 inches tall.   The tallest figure is about 17 inches.