Hello all! Remember the bike I restored for my wife from my last post? Well… it fit right in at the ocean on the Connecticut shore this last week. We spent some time fishing…. Walking the ocean shores searching for sea shells… Catching big horseshoe crabs….. and enjoyed spending time with family that lives in […]
Introducing three Master Instrument Making classes being offered in Fall 2015…. Class #1: Hand Crafted A-Style Mandolin with Martin Macica (October 17, 2015 – July 9, 2016 Biweekly) In this workshop, participants will use hand tool methods to construct a beautiful A-style mandolin. Skills learned will be hand carving the back and face, shaping the […]
Greetings! We are now back from Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival and thought we would send you all some highlights from the week at the festival…. Anybody remember the “Beverly Hillbillies”? ..”the kin folk said, Jed, move away from here..they said California is the place you want to be, so they loaded up the truck and […]
Well, It was a fun weekend at the Northeast Woodworkers Show in Saratoga Springs. Here is a picture of the Maplewood Center for Common Craft booth . I worked on showing some woodworking demos as well as displaying a couple of my instruments and talking about some of the upcoming classes. Please click on the link […]