“Twin Suns”

Personal Artifact

Material -- White oak, reclaimed from a fallen tree in Los Angeles, California.

Finish -- Rubio Monocoat Pure.

Words --

But why is it, precisely, that two suns cannot burn over the same sky?

Place them far enough out in to space and you’ve already solved the problem.

Their light, combined, will reach just far enough to the surface of the planet that the ferns may unfurl themselves while the salmon sneak through the river to miss a sunbathing bear on the rocks.

They will not burn the skin of man, if they stay so far away. So deep out in the vast black of space. But they will burn for each other.

Yes, they will burn.

Deep in the ink they will dance for another, they will beam for one another, they will smile and twinkle and cry for one another.

Until one day, one day very long from now, they will die for another.

So run, twin suns, run away. Bask in the light of each other for as long as long as you can. Bask until this fleeting cosmic moment ends, and the darkness claims you as dust once more.

Ara Kitchen Cart

Personal Artifact

Material -- Hard Maple

Finish -- Offered only in Rubio Monocoat Pure.

Purpose -- Replaces functionality of immobile kitchen island lost during kitchen renovation. Allows additional space for storage, cutting, serving, tapping on a laptop, and sunbathing (if you’re my cat, apparently).

NOTTEKON™

Proximan Artifact

Material -- Elderwood with wyrnut inlay

Technique -- Inlay; on-planet 3D printing

Item Purpose -- Cruise the Proximan skies and battle like a pro pilot with the engaging new game, NOTTEKON™, from Standard Day Studio: the official atelier and archivist and for Proximan settlers!!!

GAME RULES

Stool Study

Personal Artifact

Material -- Maple with cherry wedges.

Technique -- Through tenon joinery with wedges.

Item Purpose -- Put on, take off shoes. Put feet with shoes up. Put feet without shoes up. Put plant up high. Use as makeshift drum pad. Turn upside down and hold by legs for very poor carrying device.

Tavern Tableau

Proximan Artifact

Material -- Elderwood plaque with wyrnut inlay. The closest Earth relatives to these species are maple (elderwood) and walnut (wyrnut).

Technique -- Inlay.

Item Purpose -- Sign for Proximan speakeasy, found 150 feet below the surface near the dig site. For decoding, please refer to last slide.

Read Mission Log

PunchBowl

Woodturning Workshop

Material -- Cherry, mineral oil (don’t drink it).

Technique -- Turning on lathe. Following instructor.

Item Purpose -- Punch bowl, soup carrier, milk holder, bead catcher, soil mover, chip platter, cereal vessel, salad mixer if feeling healthy. *

*Note ... don’t microwave ... don’t put in dish washer ... don’t use as launch pad for firecrackers.

Box4Baby

Private Client

Material -- Sapele with brass hardware.

Technique -- Custom mortise and tenon joinery, chamfered edges.

Item Purpose -- Hold important baby things. But not baby.*

*Client asserts box is referred to as “summer house” for baby and can, indeed, house baby. I question the utility.

MoonTable

Personal Artifact

Material -- Ash. That’s it!

Technique -- Blind and through mortises.

Item Purpose -- Place thing on surface to enjoy. Not a stool, don’t sit

Japanese
🤌ed Leg Stool

Personal Artifact

Material -- 1/2 inch Baltic Birch plywood.

Technique -- Follow the instructions in the book. Okay?

Item Purpose -- Sit. Either your butt or a plant.

Standard Day Studio

The Origin

Material -- Dimensional 2x4, 2x6; Pressure treated 2x6, plywood, tuff blocks, corrugated metal, blood, multilite panel, OSB , gravel, curse words, reclaimed windows, corrugated metal.

Technique -- Not shooting nails through my foot or hands.

Item Purpose -- Warm safe dry place to build the stuff above this.