Got out of the city today and headed south. Visited what we
would call an architectural salvage place and a town that has a bunch of lathe
turners and just returned about an hour ago. e last blog I did had a bunch of
me blathering on, so this one I’m just going to post a bunch of pics. It was an
awesome day and yes dear I did buy a few things. But don’t worry, I bought
nothing bigger than a fufu pounder.
A couple of things first this guy was a collector/ hoarder
of chests and larders – what was/ is used in place of a fridge. My colleague
and friend Samruda had to document one of the larders for the project they are
working on at DICRC. Most of this stuff is 70 to 100+ years old, some even
older. I just found it really interesting – one mans junk… Most these pieces
are totally hand made so all the carving you see is done by hand. So I am
surprised that these things would be left to spoil. Flippin’ amazing!!
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| If I had a nickel for every one of these scenes - Water buffalo |
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| Sam and his larder |
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| Architectural slavage, all hand carved |
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| Hand raised brass, the entire front tells a story |
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| Chests & more Chests |
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| Lots of horse motifs |
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| Chris doing lacquerware, a teaser for the next blog... |
But wait - fufu pounders are big! We don't have room for whatever it is that you bought. Unless it's an elephant cart. I'd make room for that.
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