Kaleo’s Workshop

So it’s been a few days and thing are returning to normal again. But I have to say that being back in northern VA for a week reminds me exactly why I left in the first place. So much traffic and to many people make for not a nice place to be.

So let me tell you all about the trip a little bit. We spent the last week in the Seattle area. I say area lightly because we were about a 2 hour drive out of the city, but only a hour ferry ride out. That was really cool to get on a ferry and ride into the city, but I digress. I had a couple of good opportunities up there. I had a chance to get to visit a great gallery in Seattle, Northwest Fine Woodworking.

I have been to a few galleries both here and in Australia. This gallery blew them all out of the water. It was very nicely laid out and had some amazing work in there. Everything that you could imagine was in there, beds, dressers, tables of all sorts, tansu chests, rockers, chairs and little boxes and bowls. The shop manager was really nice and answered all my questions about how to show at the gallery and what he thought sold the best. ( he told me that anything under about 3500$ sold pretty well, especially sofa, hall and coffee tables.)I also got the chance to talk to an owner of a small custom furniture and cabinetry shop, Bob from Saturn Designs I was interested in a possible job there when I finally get my act together and move out to the great north west. But it was good to talk to a guy that was doing it. He expressed his feelings on guys that come out of woodworking schools. He said that it tells him 2 things. First, that you are very dedicated to the craft. To go and spend time learning and developing skills shows that dedication. Second, it tells him that you are most likely very slow at making stuff, which I agreed with.  I’ll talk more on both of those subjects in the next episode of This Week in Wood. Anyways everyone, thanks for sticking around over these last few weeks. I’ve almost got the Sam Maloof Video ready, and I am filming some good stuff for the beginning of my shop set up. So stay tuned. Keep those questions and emails coming.