More on Scraps

Ah scraps.  Being both a pack-rat and frugal, I too have trouble tossing those cut-offs into the wood stove.  "But, I can use that someday..."  To make matters worse, I often find myself pulling an interesting piece of fire wood out of the cordwood stack to bring downstairs to the workshop.  Like a kid with a geode, I get all excited to crack it open for the treasure within.  These are added to the pile surrounding me making a small shop even smaller.  The "space"  around my table saw resembles a crater with the saw at it's bottom.  Around birthdays or holidays,  I'll go into those scraps, to make small gifts but it really doesn't do much to put a dent in the pile.

I was thinking about the previous blog posts on scraps as I sat at a stoplight a few days ago.  The business beside me shows rotating artists work on it's walls each month, and it hit me-- why not approach the owner about a show of my small, wall-hung work.  I can work on pieces that can fit into my existing schedule while there's down time, during glue-up, etc...  They won't occupy too much space in the shop.  I can have a lower price point than what most of my pieces would cost, hopefully making them more appealing to the budget conscious.  AND I might not need to be an acrobat to get around my shop.