Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight (Post 235006)

There a lots of good museums in OC, Bowers and OCMA being at the top of the list.

The only knock I have against the Terracotta Warriors exhibit is that I don't think they did a good job of portraying the sense of scale. It wasn't until the very end of the exhibit where they had a large print of one of the National Geographic images showing the army in place that you got any idea of how truly massive it was. It does a great job of showing the detailed artistry, but it misses the mark on driving home that this isn't just detailed artistry, but detailed artistry on an unmatched and almost unimaginable scale.

Actually, one more knock against it is that the layout created a massive bottleneck at the start of the exhibit. Really poor planning.

Originally Posted by Sohrshah (Post 235005)

You mean this?

http://golosangeles.about.com/b/2008...ers-museum.htm

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 234965)

I'll bet there were some old logs that had been submerged for a very long time. I would love to get my hands on those to make some furniture out of. I have seen the wood from long-submerged logs and it is beautiful.

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph (Post 235001)

Cool website! Have you made any furniture before? My mother used to do woodworking when we were kids, and made my bed and my sister's bed. Nothing fancy though.

Originally Posted by Capt Jack (Post 235017)

do you folks know if this is a touring show like the dead sea scrolls? I looked around briefly and couldnt see any info on the display coming down here to SD.

I'd really like to see those

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 234965)

I'll bet there were some old logs that had been submerged for a very long time. I would love to get my hands on those to make some furniture out of. I have seen the wood from long-submerged logs and it is beautiful.

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 235020)

I've made a few pieces and won a couple of ribbons at the LA County Fair. We have barrister's bookcase and a custom designed table for behind our reclining couch. I have built a butcher block partially out of recycled wood (they were 14" lengths of 1-1/4" x 3" Eastern Hard-Rock Maple wood that I did a sliding dovetail joint to create the legs: that was a PITA).

I also built a kitchen island table for a friend that she loved so much that she had her cabinets re-faced to match the table.

I built a breakdown queen-size bed that we take to SCA events (actually built three of them and sold the other two to friends).

I have also built some other items (book cases, shadow boxes, frames). Sorry, no pictures to post.

Originally Posted by Sohrshah (Post 235023)

I keep forgetting you are in the SCA! Know any heavy fighters? I'd like to get back into it. :)

Originally Posted by Disneyphile (Post 234908)

I just washed and seeded about 4 pounds of assorted hot peppers. :D I love me some spicy! :snap:

Originally Posted by lashbear (Post 235050)

Just wash yhour hands before touching Ken's 'whatnot'. K?