EPISODE 721 LUCKY FOR ME…I HAVE A WORKSHOP…MY OWN CORNER OF THE UNIVERSE

alan skeoch

January 23, 2023

I count my lucky stars occasionally. Perhaps rank those lucky stars. First and dominant is Marjorie. Wonder woman

who can cook a meal in the twinkling of a star. And then do everything else in the heavenly sky. Except…she does not

even try to rearrange my workshop. Oh, yes, she does sweep up the shavings. Once or twice in a blue

moon but most of the time she is content that I get a corner of our universe to putter around in. To make things…such

as our ‘wooden quilts’. My workshop is a blank slate waiting for big ideas or small ideas. Filled with shapes that

have meaning to me if no one else.

So this Episode is my little corner of the universe. Consider the objects as meteorites that have landed from

outer space. Objects seeking meaning. Objects that can be shaped. Diamonds in the rough.

A couple of my readers wanted to see the workshop. They will get a chance I hope and pray they are

not minimalists looking for a reason to clean up my shop.

Another reader facing an eye operation wanted something cheerful to see when the bandages

are removed. Hopefully she will find the chaos of my workshop a kind of healing balm.

Here we go.

This is my next project….a barn located on main street in Arisdorf , Switzerland. I made this time worn sketch 30 years ago

and it’s time something should be created in honour of our daughter in law who passed away last year. She would like

that. Gabriela always took us on the backroads of Switzerland. Front passenger seat. She liked me. Did not care that others

may no be as intrigued by the objects landed here and there from the darkness of space. We all miss her

and are now ready to talk about her.

Our lot goes on and on, like the universe…with reminders of the past here and there like lost planets.

This snow clad spruce tree gave me the idea to create woden forests of such trees. Where did the tree

come from? Marjorie planted it. A Christmas tree that had roots.