Tool Sale

Tool Sale - Sorry for the mess...

Table Saw - 10" Rockwell Tilting Arbor Contractors

34-426, '70's model

Band Saw - 14" Rockwell

28-200 with stock solid stand Sold

Drill Press - Floor model Delta

14-070, 1/2 HP

Jointer - 8" Rockwell Sold

Long Bed

Delta Bench Oscillating Spindle Sander

37-780 "Boss"

Lincoln MIG Arc Welder

SP-100, With Gas bottle and Cart

Iron Smith Metal cutting Band Saw

Horizontal/Vertical, 4.5" Max Cut

Air Compressor - Craftsman

4 HP, 20 Gal.

Ulmia Wooden Hand Plane

23.5" x 60mm Blade (2 3/8")

Kerosene Heater

QR Training and Gorilla Marketing

Hey Kids,

Having some fun trying to figure out if QR Codes are worthwhile and maybe sell some furniture at the same time.

As everyone knows, I hate marketing my stuff, so what. During SXSW I tied a piece of furniture to the back of the truck and parked myself around down town. The first week were the geeks and as they wondered around they all had their face buried in a SmartPhone. "Hey, look up!" The music geeks were better, looking everywhere. Needless to say I talked to more music types than IT types.

Mentioned this to a buddy, Bob, and he started telling me about QR Codes and how to generate them. Hmmm, worth a try and it's easy too. Interesting.

So, if you got here via QR, thanks. The site is a little dated right now but I'd like to invite you to go to the furniture pictures and look around. (I also have more stuff not pictured there.) I'll be up dating this along the way. Drop an e-mail if you could.

Thanks Hedge

This & that

Ok... Bankers and hedge fund operators, all the ones that got bailed out and gave themselves bonuses. Arrest them for treason! Right now. Shoot one. Guess what'll happen?

Darts... Old guys continue to kick the youngsters butts!

Road trip... Taking too long to start for various reasons. But it's coming and I'm ready and looking forward to it.

...and thinking about all sorts of stuff, having fun doing it too, Hedge

Posting of Intensive One-on-One Lessons below

The nature of blogs...

The Craigslist report masked the Intensive Lesson post, it's below, starting at August 31.

Thanks for looking, tell your friends, tell their friends. Hedge

A Posting to Craigslist got Interesting...

So one day I placed this ad in Craigslist....

austin craigslist > for sale / wanted > barter

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Avoid scams and fraud by dealing locally! Beware any deal involving Western Union, Moneygram, wire transfer, cashier check, money order, shipping, escrow, or any promise of transaction protection/certification/guarantee.More info

I'll trade this sculpture for an iPad - $1 (78704)

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Date: 2010-08-15, 10:27AM CDT
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I'll trade this sculpture for a 32 or 64GB iPad in good/new condition. 3G is NOT required.

The sculpture is called "UP". Always positive, always points up. It's 12 x 24h x 3". Made of wenge, spanish cedar, steel and copper. Pivots between base and elongated oval, arrow spins with gravity.

I make things. Art/studio furniture, table top pieces. Thanks for looking. Hedge

e-mail or call 512 / 294 - 1812

• Location: 78704
• it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

PostingID: 1899867943

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Why did I do it? Don't know, a whim, or folly, not expecting anything. Then I got a responce, huh... ok... Here it is:

I have a 64gb ipad that's new, wifi/3g.

Can you provide a track record of successful sculpture and/or art sales from this artist, recently, in the $700-$900 range? Also, list the artist's full name and studio or gallery that they are from. Thanks.

scottd.

Well, first off I thought it was a scam. Of course it was a scam. "Design" and "lic" were part of the domain name, sure, sell me something, promise the moon, get that good address for more scams. But, you know, it sort of looked ok and my e-mail is fairly well protected. OK, and there's a lot of people that think like that. My response:

Hi Scott Thanks for the inquiry. The iPad sounds nice. This is my work, you may come and see it, decide the value for yourself and go from there. I'm near S Lamar & Oltorf, we'll set a good time. What's Kaizen Design Lic? Just curious, Thanks Hedge Surprise, I got a real reply, color and everything: a design studio. Thanks for the reply but without verified values or sales from your work, the piece could not be valued at anything near the ipad. This is not shock to you, as an artist, I'm sure. Until your work commands value from the market, it has little. Take care and good luck. scottd. Ummm... ok... I can be a prick too, rather not... Five words: A lecture, thank you, Hedge Scott's reply made things worthwhile: Yea, sorry. Take care and good luck with your work. My reply: Thanks ...and (truthfully) thanks for looking. Hedge

The refined offering

I'm refining the offering. Look it over and think of how and where to place it. Call if you like, the number is below. Thanks

Furniture and Sculpture Workshop

Intensive One-on-One Lessons taught by Dick Hedgepeth, an experienced Artist/ Designer/ Furniture Maker/ Sculptor

Sessions planned around your schedule.

Check photo site to see if some of my work jells with your interests - http://picasaweb.google.com/hedge78704/Furniture#

Fabrication skills – Traditional and Contemporary Woodworking, Lightweight Metalwork and Metalsmithing, Finishes. I have extensive experience in most one-off processes and materials and if I haven’t actually done something, then we’ll figure it out. (Jumping into a project and not knowing exactly how it’s going to happen is the real fun. And we don’t come up with one solution and go but we find two, three or ten ways and then decide which is best for us.)

The workshop is located near downtown. It is not air-conditioned; I work with the doors open. Sessions can be scheduled most times except Thursday evenings. During the heat, weekend mornings are best. I live nearby.

I will also offer advice on setting up a home workshop, finding quality materials and a range of outside services.

Application interviews (it cuts both ways) scheduled by phone – 512 – 294 – 1812

Fees

$150/hour at my workshop. A minimum of 5 hours/month will be required once a project is underway.

Storage space is limited and expensive but available.

Resumé

Dick Hedgepeth, 1952 to present

1976 – BFA, Virginia Commonwealth University, Crafts - Furniture Design

1976 to present – Furniture designer and artist, furniture construction, consultant.

1976-1982 – Independent architectural design and construction. “A young buck in cutoffs and a pick-up truck”, Maintained a furniture and boatbuilding workshop, Houston and Galveston.

1982-1988 – Furniture and architectural design and construction, Austin, TX

1988-1992 – Designer and consultant in Washington, DC. Mostly restaurant, retail and millwork design services. Secretly maintained a workshop in Stephens City, VA where I produced studio furniture for a couple of galleries in New York City.

1992-2004± - Returned to Texas, started art studio/workshop. Art Direction for television and film.

2004 to present – Had a bad wreak. Concentrating solely on my own furniture designs and art.