the predatory bird

Tag: Arts and Crafts

  • An Attitude of Exactitude: Custom Deck Construction and the Precision of the Veneer Inspector

    The 2nd and final run of decks went into production up in Vancouver the other day.
    There had been some delays due to structural changes in the veneers at the molecular level – that is not a joke – but I finally got up there and met with Andy and The Veneer Inspector.
    He may seem rather small for a veneer inspector but I can assure you it is that very smallness that allows him to peer so deeply into the structure of the wood.
    The veneer inspector raises his safety specs
    As you can see he takes safety EXTREMELY seriously. (more…)

  • The Wood Crafter

    This video is of my friend Andy. When I was 13 I got drunk and threw a pool ball as hard as I could straight at his face. He dodged it, laughed, and introduced me to the R. Crumb/ Neil Blender style keep-on-truckin rock fakie. Now he operates a small wood shop in Vancouver where he has made a miniscule number of the first ever Predatory Bird products. I’m pretty sure this is the only time we will use this particular process. There are 50, some of which are completes with Thunders Deluxe made specially, thankyou Deluxe.