I’m increasingly fascinated by these artifacts. I’m even a little disappointed when I see the neutral black tap handle. Don’t get me going.
More Tap Handles
More Tap Handles
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Wooden Pallets to Sawhorses (aka Trestles or Saw Stools)
See video of process below. (Almost forgot, I’ve illustroblogged about the “sawhorse” which is related to this one.)
Sketch Club is a great note taking tool. I misspelled trestle…please fix it in your own head.Video of construction summary:
Thanks to Tightwad Workshop on YouTube! Go on, click on that video:
the art of the deal
the art of the deal
iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, Sketch Club, iColorama
Sand Hill Cranes in Ohio
A buddy of mine got me thinking about Sand Hill Cranes here in Ohio. So, while Annyth gets her hair cut, I had time to play around…over a Great Lakes Conway’s Irish Ale
Freehand iPad drawing in Sketch Club with an Apple Pencil and a tweak of iColorama (click to enlarge)
Some Tap Handles at The Side Bar in Athens, OH
Sketch Club Stats: Freehand iPad painting using photo reference, Apple Pencil, Sketch Club, and iColorama. Details in Sketch Club follow:
Reference Photo:
Rev. Jesse Jackson (1941-2026)
I remember riding my bicycle on the 22-mile Hockhocking Adena Bikeway from Athens, OH to the campus of Hocking College in Nelsonville, OH on Sunday, September 27, 1998 to see the Reverend Jesse Jackson speak at a “leave no one behind” rally that kicked off Appalachian Cultural Awareness Week. Willie Nelson was supposed to be there, but he canceled at the last minute.
Rev. Jackson back in 2015 (Click on image to enlarge.)
Freehand iPad artwork in Sketch Club, Procreate, and iColorama using a photo reference and an Apple Pencil
Photographic Memory: Indelible Grief
Kent State University, May 4, 1970. Jeffrey Miller shot dead. John Filo’s photo of Mary Ann Vecchio’s reaction. Kent State Pietà.
Kent State Pietà
iPad artwork in Shetch Club then iColorama on iPad Pro with Apple Pencil. John Filo reference photo.
Press Release
Press Release
We Blew It at Athens Hot Glass
Yea, we blew it all right, but it was worth it! Back in December of 2025 Annyth had signed us up for a private glass blowing lesson under the guidance of Tiffany McCann and Gordon Blozy at Athens Hot Glass Glassblowing Studio that took place on Friday, January 2, 2026. It was instructional and fun. Annyth said she wanted a blue and orange vase, and boom, Tiffany and Gordon helped her blow it. I said I wanted a green, purple, and yellow Mardi Gras globe, and Gordon said, oh, a sun catcher, we can do that, and they helped me blow it. That’s how we started off the new year by blowing it from the start.
Athens Hot Glass Glassblowing Studio [Click on image to enlarge.]
Jack Smith: National Rorschach Test
Jack Smith: Rorschach Test
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