Work in Progress: Grateful Dead Tribute Cane

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From 1965 to 1995, the Grateful Dead played their own style of rock and roll and are included in the Rolling Stones top 100 bands.

Several images are associated with the Dead including the skeleton, the skull, and the marching bears.


From Wikipedia,

Owsley "Bear" Stanley wrote that the "dancing bears" designed by Bob Thomas for History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear's Choice) are marching, not dancing.^[58]

Here is one of the marching bears on my tribute cane.  It is made of Sweetgum with the inner bark carefully preserved.  I think a dark stain on it will highlight the cameo sections with the bears.

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The official Grateful Dead web site has this news!  (http://www.dead.net/)

Break out the banjo, dust off the camcorder, and gather your family and friends around the fire this holiday to sing not only the songs of the season, but those of the Grateful Dead. We're readying our YouTube page in eager anticipation of the 2013 Dead Covers Project. We'll be accepting submissions at the beginning of January and featuring participant videos on Dead.net throughout February so there's plenty of time to zero in on the perfect take. Details on how to submit your video are coming soon.


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Good-bye to a few favorites

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I had to say good-bye or good-buy to a few of my favorite pieces: Mother Nature in Disguise (MNID), Googly-Eye and the Stacker.

 Whimsy.  .  I used to take Googly-Eye shopping with me.  It helped me discover clothes, tools, and gifts.  Googly-eye is not a great conversationalist, but it is a great listener.  Both of these were fun to create because they captured a little bit of fun.

 Purpose.  The purpose of a cane is Balance.  I wanted to carve a cane that showed Balance.  The Stacker is my first complete attempt at the idea of Balance.  Each piece is individually cut, sanded, drilled, finished, and stacked.  There is a hollow rod running through each block.  If "conversation" was the purpose of this cane, then it really worked.  People stared at this cane long enough for me to start a conversation.


Whimsy and Purpose are some of those extra tools I use in the design and construction of my sticks, staffs, and canes.

While my Etsy shops are on vacation, you can see more woodworking at

Gifts With A Heart 2889 Jones Franklin Rd, Raleigh NC 27606.

Hal's email is hal2009@att.net.
Use Contact at either Etsy shop
Call my cell phone, leave a message at 919-656-7166.
FACEBOOK
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Note that Phaal Nap (Fail Nap) is a pseudonym, nom de plume, and anagram for Hal Papan. I usually write when I can't sleep. Ergo, Fail Nap. Of course, Hal Papan is my nom de couteau (knife name instead of pen name) and anagram for my real name, Alan Happ. I carve under the name Hal Papan.