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Which picture do you like best?

Recently I was taking pictures of some of the 10 inch black and natural Morrison pepper mills that I had just made. I took my usual shot from in front and from slightly above the mills. That angle of a shot has gotten me a lot of comments and even ended up in the press …

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Ad worthy?

  If you were looking through a magazine would this picture catch your eye? I’m thinking of using this picture in an ad in a magazine. I think it’s a good one but, then again, I’m biased. What’s your opinion?

etsy treasuries

Here are a three treasuries from Etsy that recently featured some of my pieces. Thank you to each person for selecting pieces from Dailey Woodworking to include in their treasuries.    ‘Spice it up!’ by Emipayne Organic Spice Tapers – Engag… ForestCandleSt… $35 D.I.Y. Round Magnetic Spice … SpiceOfLifeAk $80.8 Infinity Scarf Beautiful Upc… TomieHarlene …

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Colorful Morrison mill set

As many of you know, I like colorful things. A lot! I like to add color to plain pieces to liven them up. Recently I’ve been making ash mills and dying them all one color. Sometimes I add a liming wax to knock the color down and it adds a secondary color to subtly contrast the base color. Those …

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Feeling Blue?

  I had a request recently by a gallery to make a set of mills that I used to do a long time ago. This is an  8 inch set of Morrison mills turned from ash and then dyed blue. Most of the time I would air brush the dye on but this time I didn’t want to take …

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Check out this mill set

This is a special 8 inch salt and pepper mill set made in Maple, Oak and Walnut that I just finished up for a customer. The block starts out as 24 layers of 1/8 inch thick wood that has been laminated together. There are two layers of Maple, one layer of Walnut and two layers …

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