Construction notebook excerpts

I’m supposed to be studying for a violin construction quiz. Thought I’d cheat on my blog here and just post some of my notes. As you will see, they can be a little, um, excessive at times.

Garland clamps

judy garland clamps for gluing up your violin

Even dividers have devolved into uneven dividers

how uneven dividers came to be

Flat-bottom finger plane has evolved into round-bottom finger plane

how the roundbottom fingerplane came to be
I definitely drew that around Thanksgiving.

Sports bra

my least favorite thing about exercising is getting stuck in a sports bra

Hmm, I guess this is part two of a series on spandex/tight clothing. I should really just do away with sports bras. Not like there’s anything to strap down anyway. Mom describes us as “机场,” literally meaning “airport,” as in we are flat as runways. I prefer to think of our physique as… practical.

By the way, I think this was the most challenging posing / anatomy I have ever drawn without directly copying a reference. I mean, occasionally I kind of waved my arms around in the mirror, but that doesn’t really count. And I gave up on all the hands.

Luthier knives

Bench, F-hole, Bridge & Purfling Knife

I love my knife handles. I just finished my bridge knife (the yellow-y one) and now my set looks like this!

Bench, F-hole, Bridge & Purfling Knife

 

From left to right: bench knife, f-hole knife, bridge knife, purfling knife

Purfling, Bench, F-hole, & Bridge knife

 

Purfling knife: walnut + maple stripe

F-hole knife: walnut + walnut stripe

Bench knife: walnut + cherry stripe

Bridge knife: canary + walnut stripe

Purfling, Bench, F-hole, & Bridge knife

An instructional post on making lidded sandwiched knife handles next time!