Project Journal
The Redwood Violin Project Introduction
The Redwood Violin Project is designed to paint a picture of Sonoma County, California, as told thro…
Re-sawing the Applewood for the Redwood Violin
A visit to Greg Zall and Mark Tindley Woodworking, Petaluma, CA. To re-saw the applewood for the Red…
The materials for the Redwood Violin. December update.
An overview of the materials that I’ve collected and prepared to make a violin as far as possible fr…
The Redwood Violin Project Update 2. Carving the…
Having completed the first stage of making the ribs I move onto the rough arching the plates. I al…
Redwood Violin Update 3. Refine the plates. Finish…
In this third update I continue refining the plates of the Redwood Violin. I finish making the tend…
The Redwood Violin. Made Local, project summary
Here is a short summary of the “Made local” phase of the project. I’ve taken some of the main ideas…
Finding and preparing the materials
From Vine to Violin: Making pigment from grape…
Making a lake pigment from grape skins, as a possible color tint for the Redwood Violin The Redwoo…
Making animal glue for violins
I make traditional animal glues out of tendons and out of raw hide, and test them against a commerc…
Re-sawing the Applewood for the Redwood Violin
A visit to Greg Zall and Mark Tindley Woodworking, Petaluma, CA. To re-saw the applewood for the Red…
The materials for the Redwood Violin. December update.
An overview of the materials that I’ve collected and prepared to make a violin as far as possible fr…
The Redwood Violin Project Update 2. Carving the…
Having completed the first stage of making the ribs I move onto the rough arching the plates. I al…
Redwood Violin Update 3. Refine the plates. Finish…
In this third update I continue refining the plates of the Redwood Violin. I finish making the tend…
Making Purfling for the Redwood Violin
This is part of The Redwood Violin Project, designed to paint a picture of Sonoma County, California…
Including the Sonoma County Wildfires in the Redwood…
I collect two products of the Glass Fire, to use as materials in making the Redwood Violin. This i…
Kalia Kliban makes pegs for the Redwood Violin
This is part of The Redwood Violin Project, designed to paint a picture of Sonoma County, California…
Making varnish for the Redwood Violin
I combine the turpentine and walnut oil, prepared in previous videos , with pine resin to make a vi…
Making twine from Dogbane. Tricia Ialeggio demonstrates.
The twine will be used to bind off the ends of the tailgut on the violin . This is part of The Re…
building
Making the ribs for the Redwood Violin -…
Shows the process of making violin “ribs”, or “sides”. I use a slightly unusual “skeleton” mold. T…
Making the Ribs forThe Redwood Violin – Part…
This is part of The Redwood Violin Project, designed to paint a picture of Sonoma County, California…
The Redwood Violin Project Update 2. Carving the…
Having completed the first stage of making the ribs I move onto the rough arching the plates. I al…
Redwood Violin Update 3. Refine the plates. Finish…
In this third update I continue refining the plates of the Redwood Violin. I finish making the tend…
Making Purfling for the Redwood Violin
This is part of The Redwood Violin Project, designed to paint a picture of Sonoma County, California…
Setting the neck into the Redwood Violin
A fairly detailed video on the process of fitting a neck to a violin . This is part of The Redwood…
Setting up the Redwood Violin. Fitting the pegs…
This is part of The Redwood Violin Project, designed to paint a picture of Sonoma County, California…
Mick Loveland fits a bridge. We hear the…
Local violinmaker and dealer, Mick Loveland, makes a violin bridge out of local madrone. He also ch…
people and places
Vulture Hill Orchard
A visit to Vulture Hill Apple Orchard, Occidental, California https://www.facebook.com/vulturehill/ …
Re-sawing the Applewood for the Redwood Violin
A visit to Greg Zall and Mark Tindley Woodworking, Petaluma, CA. To re-saw the applewood for the Red…
Woodworking School, Petaluma, CA
Mark Tindley discusses the new woodworking that he and Gregg Zall will be opening early in 2021 Thi…
Greg Zall and Mark Tindley fine woodworking and…
Exquisite marquetry! A visit to the shop of Greg Zall and Mark Tindley in Petaluma, CA This video …
Greg Zall and Mark Tindley fine woodworking and…
Exquisite marquetry! A visit to the shop of Greg Zall and Mark Tindley in Petaluma, CA This video …
Diamond G Ranch Slaughtering. Sheep gut for violin…
An interview with Gabe Naredo, owner of Diamond G Slaughtering, about his business. He gave me some…
Diamond G Ranch Slaughtering. Sheep gut for violin…
An interview with Gabe Naredo, owner of Diamond G Slaughtering, about his business. He gave me some…
Visit to Marilyn Buss, natural dyer, Cazadero
We visit Natural dyer, Marilyn Buss, in Cazadero, CA. Marilyn dyed wood shavings black for use as t…
Making a violin tailgut. Part 2 twisting and…
This is part of The Redwood Violin Project, designed to paint a picture of Sonoma County, California…
Clover Leaf Ranch, Shawna DeGrange.
I visit Shawna DeGrange at Cloverleaf Ranch, Santa Rosa, to collect some horsehair to use for polis…
John Burgess, Photojournalist.
John Burgess is a photojournalist. He has been documenting the Redwood Violin Project for the Sant…
Young and Yonder, Craft Distillery, Healdsburg , California
An interview with Josh Opatz, Co-owner of Young and Yonder Distillery in Healdsburg, CA. They provid…
Jane Ingram Allen, Papermaker. Santa Rosa , California
Jane demonstrates making mulberry bark paper and discusses some of her work as a papermaker in Taiwa…
Jane Ingram Allen, Papermaker. Santa Rosa , California
Jane demonstrates making mulberry bark paper and discusses some of her work as a papermaker in Taiwa…
Kalia Kliban , woodturner, Sebastopol, CA.
This is part of The Redwood Violin Project, designed to paint a picture of Sonoma County, California…
Kalia Kliban , woodturner, Sebastopol, CA.
This is part of The Redwood Violin Project, designed to paint a picture of Sonoma County, California…
Interview with Janeen Murray, Director of GoLocal Sonoma
GoLocal was helpful in finding materials for the Redwood Violin and have been very supportive of the…
Making twine from Dogbane. Tricia Ialeggio demonstrates.
The twine will be used to bind off the ends of the tailgut on the violin . This is part of The Re…
Mick Loveland fits a bridge. We hear the…
Local violinmaker and dealer, Mick Loveland, makes a violin bridge out of local madrone. He also ch…
Eric Johnson. Founder of the North Bay Letterpress…
Eric Johnson talks about how he came to start the NorthBay Letterpress Arts Collective in Sebastopol…
played Local
The Redwood Violin Dances the sun up. May…
Morris Dance teams across the world dance the sun up on May Morning. Sebastopol’s Apple tree Morris…
The Redwood Violin
Santa Rosa violin maker Andrew Carruthers had the fascinating idea of making a violin exclusively ou…
May Morning , Sebastopol
The Apple tree Morris Dance the sun up for May morning. The Redwood Violin is handed around for a l…
Mads Tolling shreds Led Zepplin's Black Dog on…
At house concert near Forestville, Sonoma County. The Redwood violin had a pick-up fitted and Mads …
Maddie Felton and Luke Stenger play Waltz Rondeaux
The Redwood Violin at Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa. This is part of The Redwood Violin Project, d…
Edwin Huizinga and William Coulter play Vivaldi's "Summer".
The Redwood violin appeared as part of Edwin and Bill’s “Fire and Grace ” show at a house concert i…
The Redwood Violin – Sound Comparison
In the previous video you may have noticed that Fiddler, Patrick Campbell swaps fiddle for the last…
The Bloomfield Bluegrass Band play the Willowbrook Alehouse
Fiddler Patrick Campbell included the Redwood Violin in one of the Bloomfield Bluegrass Band’s regu…
The Bellarosa String Quartet and the Redwood Violin…
Bellarosa String Quartet, based in Sonoma County, is a worldly collective of high-calibre & professi…
Tom Rigney plays the Sonoma County Fair
Tom Rigney and Flambeau play the Covid-limited Sonoma County Fair This is part of The Redwood Viol…
Irish Hop Jigs played on the Redwood Violin….
Here are a couple of Irish Hop Jigs played by Liam Kaplan – guitar, Malcom Robertson – flute, and S…
Play Music on your Porch Day
This is the most local of the “Played Local” events: Play Music on your Porch Day in my neighborho…
Concertina for Strings. by Gwendolyn Przyjazna. Performed by…
The Concertina for Strings was composed for Santa Rosa’s Young Persons Chamber Orchestra by Gwendol…
Kiel Smit, Kyle Vin, and The Redwood Violin
Two musicians take the Redwood Violin to the park in Petaluma. (Look for the surprise guest appearan…
Claire Wu plays the Redwood Violin with the…
Claire played the solo in Amy Beach’s “A Hermit Thrush at Eve” More information about the proje…