For the past three years, True Creations has made collectible drop spindle Christmas tree ornaments. The 2015 ornament features a whorl made from Canarywood with a maple shaft. These little beauties are about 4 inches long and 1 inch in diameter. Canarywood is one of our favorite woods because of its beautiful color and striking […]
I have written several articles for the American Woodturner the journal of the American Association of Woodturners. I enjoy teaching and writing about woodturning and after 35 years, I hope I have learned a few tricks that I can share with beginners. It is my way of passing the torch on to the next generation. However, […]
When I’m not making drop spindles, I’m typically working on custom architectural woodturning projects for local home restoration and renovation companies. In this case, I needed to duplicate 3 balusters for an old mansion in downtown Rochester, NY. These were pretty simple balusters that just had a small square section at the bottom and a […]
Whew! Made it through Christmas and delivered all our orders on-time and without any shipping issues. Now that I have a little time to breathe, I will spend a couple of hours a day this week to “putter” in the workshop. This means activities such as sweeping up all the chips and blowing dust off […]
There was a recent discussion on drop spindle whorl notches on the Fiber Artists and Yarn Spinners Facebook page. Here are my thoughts on notches that I posted. I’ll jump in here on the discussion of notches. 12 years ago when I started making my True Creations spindles, I had a mentor, Stefania Isaacson, a well known expert. Stef […]
Its that time of year again to make a batch of my collectible Drop Spindle Christmas ornaments. This year, I selected Paela as the whorl wood. Paela is from Central America and is interesting as it changes color from brown to orange as you cut into it. These are about 3 1/2″ long and the […]
Yesterday, I ran out of hooks while I was making a batch of drop spindles for a customer. So, I had to clean up the wood chips and bring out the wire and forming tools. Here is how I make my hooks. (more…)
Welcome to the True Creations on-line store. For 12 years we have been making tools for spinners that have only been available through retailers. Our customers have been asking us to put up an on-line shop. This way they can purchase additional products for themselves or as gifts. Our goal is to have a nice variety […]
