And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Monday, October 27, 2025
Amy Brier’s limestone carvings. Cool, but Amy has too much time on her hands.
Speaking of time... I like to restore old tools (hand drills are my favorite) and the Mrs often tells me I have too many and someone would like to buy some. I thought about it and at $20 per hour I can't see someone buying a $300 Miller Falls 100 year old drill in mint condition. Time gets in the way of being responsible with hobbies!
I've picked up three different antique hand drills over the last couple of years. I figure if electricity goes out, I can still use them. I've also picked up several different sizes of clamp-on vises. I have them clamped to desks in my office. I 3D print a lot of stuff, and the vises and hand drills come in handy when I need to drill precise holes in the 3D-printed plastic parts in which to put heat-set threaded inserts.
A creative endeavour that produces results like this is hardly the result of too much time on one's hands. Work like this takes years of training and a lot of skill. People like us who spend time commenting on sites like this clearly have too much time on our hands.
I once saw a 12" wood carving of an Egyptian palace servant from the "Tresaures of Tutankhamen" tour that was dated to something like 3000 years ago. Probably carved by another slave in the palace, with a skill level that would have rivalled Michaelangelo or Rodin. It was breathtakingly flawless, and other than scale, sublimely lifelike.
You never know what will survive 3000 years from now. But anyone who creates 3-dimensional art like this now deserves the proper appreciation for such craft and skill as this.
Actually, as a guy who has been a potter for nearly 50 years, I love the textures for my clay.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of time... I like to restore old tools (hand drills are my favorite) and the Mrs often tells me I have too many and someone would like to buy some. I thought about it and at $20 per hour I can't see someone buying a $300 Miller Falls 100 year old drill in mint condition. Time gets in the way of being responsible with hobbies!
ReplyDeleteThe "hobby" part is why you can ignore the $20 hours you have in it, couldn't afford that much fun if it was work/business.
DeleteI've picked up three different antique hand drills over the last couple of years. I figure if electricity goes out, I can still use them. I've also picked up several different sizes of clamp-on vises. I have them clamped to desks in my office. I 3D print a lot of stuff, and the vises and hand drills come in handy when I need to drill precise holes in the 3D-printed plastic parts in which to put heat-set threaded inserts.
DeleteNot when Amy makes it her business and her job.
ReplyDeleteIs that M.C.Escher inspired?
ReplyDeleteA creative endeavour that produces results like this is hardly the result of too much time on one's hands. Work like this takes years of training and a lot of skill. People like us who spend time commenting on sites like this clearly have too much time on our hands.
ReplyDeleteInteresting.
ReplyDeleteLove the concept, admire the execution, applaud the results. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI once saw a 12" wood carving of an Egyptian palace servant from the "Tresaures of Tutankhamen" tour that was dated to something like 3000 years ago. Probably carved by another slave in the palace, with a skill level that would have rivalled Michaelangelo or Rodin. It was breathtakingly flawless, and other than scale, sublimely lifelike.
ReplyDeleteYou never know what will survive 3000 years from now.
But anyone who creates 3-dimensional art like this now deserves the proper appreciation for such craft and skill as this.