Monthly Archives: April 2015

The copper bracelets.  Another part of our story.  My wife and I had just met, and had just begun our long-shot, long-distance, cross-cultural relationship.  She was in Chicago, I was in Mississippi (now you know what I mean by cross-cultural).  She was planning a quick trip to Minneapolis to attend the wedding of one of her dearest friends, and got the idea that she’d like to have me along.  So even though she had already RSVP’d solo for the wedding, … Continue reading →

Last fall, I made a custom iron pot rack for a client in St. Louis (that’s another day’s entry). He told me about a special, hand-made, copper stockpot he wanted replicated, but said he wasn’t ready to go ahead with it at the time. Several months after installing the pot rack, I got a call from his fiancée…he had also told her about the pot, and she commissioned me to make it for him as a wedding gift. Their wedding … Continue reading →