Lap steel build 2018

The mahogany piece I got from my uncle made perfect for a solid body lap steel too. Som process pics here.

Guitar build 2015 -18

My uncle gave me a fine piece of mahogany a few years back which provided material for a replacement body for an ugly 3/4 guitar I got cheap in a flea market. Here's some pics from the process. Stained birch vaneer on top and plastic binding. I spent a hole day routing neck pockets on a scrap piece to get it right. When I got the neck in place I found out I had to tilt it slightly with a chim to get the string action low enough. Very hard to get the holes for bridge and tail piece in the right spot too. I might have to correct that later.

3D-print Workshop

Workshop in 3D-modeling and printing at Artists’ Collective Workshop of Gothenburg (KKV Göteborg) this past weekend. A truly inspiring experience.

The learning curve in 3D-modeling is steep to say the least. A lot of trial and error and you don't have much use for earlier experience in for example Photoshop or Illustrator. But the final result, the DIY-philosophy (all software used is open source and free, the printer is partly built at KKV) and the feeling of being in a Mission Impossible-movie is awesome.

Thanks Geraldine, Linus, fellow participants and KKV!

Screenprint workshop

Spent this past weekend at Artists’ Collective Workshop of Gothenburg (KKV Göteborg). I attended a workshop on using screenprint on paper (led by gifted and energetic artist Alexandra Hedberg). I wanted to find out if it's possible to make ok multiple color prints on paper from my drawings and foremost, if it's worth the effort to do it (as opposed to just make high quality prints at a digital printshop). I found out it is. I'm quite enthustiastic by the results actually.

The grain in the blue color is quite lovely and think it looks good even if the colors don't align perfectly.

The next step is to design a series of pictures for this purpose and to look into the possibilitie to sell them through my web-site. I will also use silkscreen printing for my book/cd-project wich hopefully will see the ligh of day later this year.

Thank you Alexandra and fellow workshop participants for an intensively inpiring weekend!