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Notes from the Paper Bird Studio
Back to Into the Woodworking Shop
I have good news and bad news… The good news, I’ve resumed building easels. I’m presently nearing completion on a large batch of model 266 wall easels. I’ll follow that with another batch of model 366 wall easels. The bad news…
Taking a Break – A Hiatus, Time to Make Art
Hello good people. After much reflection, I have determined that I must take a break from making wall easels for a while — a hiatus to recharge my batteries, focus on my health, family, and pursuing my own art projects.
Update: The Roadmap for Fall 2020
This Summer, I built and shipped more wall easels than ever. Over several months of working overtime, I had produced the largest batch of parts yet. Feeling fairly confident that I had a few months worth of inventory, I resumed taking orders…
COVID-19 Update: Still Making Easels
Paper Bird Studio & Design remains open for online business at this time. Because I produce my products by myself and have no physical retail location, adherence to the social distancing, sanitation, and other relevant workplace guidelines…
Personal Struggles, Hope and Gratitude
I want to thank everyone who has sent me well wishes throughout my recent health problems. I really appreciate the many messages of good health, kindness, and understanding. Thank you. It’s been a challenging and uncertain time…
Adjustable Tension Canvas Holders
Because I’m always testing out new ideas for my own studio, I set out to develop an improved canvas holder design that would work with the Tueller Wall Easels. I’m pleased to introduce the new adjustable tension canvas holders.
Presenting Our Newest Wall Easel Designs
After many months of brainstorming, countless drawings, experiments, building and testing numerous prototypes, we have developed a couple of new wall-mounted artist easel designs that we are excited to show off…
Our New Brand – The Tueller Easel Company
When we started the Paper Bird Studio & Design website, we didn’t know we would end up making and selling easels. While a perfectly suitable name for our personal portfolio website, the name occasionally caused some confusion…
What’s New at Paper Bird Studio & Design
It’s been far too long since I’ve posted any updates. Here’s a brief overview of what’s new here at Paper Bird Studio & Design. I spent much of Summer/Fall 2017 recovering from an injury with a wood shaper that very nearly resulted in me losing fingers…
New Finish – Ebonized Oak Tueller Wall Easels
After much experimentation, I’ve settled on a process for finishing some wall easels with a deep, lustrous black finish. This is called ebonizing and is the result of a chemical reaction between iron acetate and tannins naturally present in some species of wood…
Our New Woodworking Shop is Complete!
After many months of hard work, I have completed our new woodworking shop. It would be hard to overstate the improvement this new shop is over the absurdly tiny storage shed that I’d been using. More space, better lighting, more electrical outlets…
Interview with Jason Rutledge of Draftwood
There’s leaving a forest untouched and there’s clear-cutting a forest down to every last tree with heavy logging machines. Then, there’s a sustainable forestry practice referred to as restorative forestry, through the use of modern horse logging…