[Woodcarver] What are you working on

[Edswood at aol.com]

Hello All,
 Right now I'm trying to get things back to normal after a long, 4000+  
mile road trip that included two art festivals. I did the Penrod Art  Festival 
in the Indianapolis area and then headed to Worcester, MA for their  annual  
StART Festival. Both festivals were well run and well attended but  the 
sales were not good. Barely made my booth fees in Indianapolis and bombed in  
Worcester. Got a million words of praise for my stuff, but not much in sales. 
 None of my carvings or furniture items sold but I did sell a bunch of 
$15.00  walking sticks and a few higher priced canes and sticks.The other items 
I sold  were simple wood disc coasters. On the positive side, I did get a 
lot of  exposure and gave out a bunch of business cards. The experience and 
knowledge I  gained are priceless and well worth the effort expended but  
unfortunately, that doesn't pay the bills. Will take a good hard look at the  
festival scene to decide if I still want to do them. They are a lot of work 
and  can get very stressful. Plus, pulling a 12 foot trailer all over the 
country  isn't much fun.
    I am looking at another source of income from "raw wood"  sales. Just 
bought a small chainsaw mill (Logosol M-5) and am ready to start  milling 
lumber. I have a local homeowner that will be taking down two 40 foot  tall 
eucalyptus trees and offered me the wood. Not sure of the "lumber"  value of 
eucalyptus but will check it out. Anyone out there have any experience  with 
eucalyptus? Not sure how it carves or if it is a good turning wood. Will  
surely find out soon. 
   Take care everyone and keep on carvin'!!!
ED
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