I started a permanent treatment free apiary in Wake County, NC in 2018. Now a few years into it, this post catalogs the journey of creating a treatment free apiary in central North Carolina. I think that keeping honey bees without any form of treatment produces the purest form of North Carolina honey products. If your looking for raw North …
Van Duyn Bees – Honey Order Form
If you are interested in placing an order for some local raw honey see the following details… Currently I produce North Carolina Wildflower and Clary Sage Honey according NCSBA certified honey producer standards. Honey is sold in 3oz. jars, 12oz. jars, pints (22oz.), and quarts (44oz.). It is possible, upon request, to package in larger quantities if honeys are available. …
Trinity Academy Senior Class 2020 Fundraiser – Clary Sage Honey
The Trinity Academy Class of 2020 is raising funds for their senior trip to Italy. I have offered my support in their fundraising efforts by making the Clary Sage honey I produce available for sale through them. Currently, of the approximately 170lbs, 110 lbs of honey have been sold raising around $900 for the senior class. My wife and I …
The Methods of Mounting Wood on a Lathe Especially for Small Opening Vessels
In previous articles I have covered the cutting and preparing of wood for turning on a lathe. Now its time to move on, and this article covers mounting wood on a lathe. The mounting of wooden blanks for lathe turning seems a pretty rudimentary topic. Possibly so mundane its not worth mentioning. Ultimately what’s important, and where I want to …
Wood Gathering – Sourcing and Preparation of Wood Turning Blanks
This article covers the selection, gathering, and processing of wood turning blanks. I am a professional wood sculptor primarily in the creation of asymmetrical, irregular, and off-balance natural edge wood sculpture. I also make cremation urns and some functional wood bowls. The bulk of my experience is in bowl and hollow turning. I will also talk about where I find …
Affordable Cremation – a Guide on Direct Cremation
This is a guide on the most affordable cremation option – direct cremation. I write this as a wood sculptor making high quality turned wooden urns. Which is an adaptation of my sculpture, or urn artistry as I like to call it. Why do I write this? I have written several articles on cremation and I want the public to …
Cremation Art – Cremation Glass Art to Cremation Jewelry and Everything in Between
This article delves into all the various forms of cremation art. It really hits at home for me as I have made an adaptation of my turned wooden sculpture, that I refer as urn artistry. I, however, am not the only artisan that is producing finer quality works of cremation art. So… what is Cremation Art? Cremation Art – a …
What is Cremation Jewelry and what are all the options
I am a wood sculptor from Raleigh, NC making turned wooden urns similar to that of my wood sculpture. This variant is what I refer as urn artistry. Aside from the traditional vessel or cremation urn this article looks into some of the other nice options for a memorial of your loved ones. Specifically I am writing about cremation jewelry. What …
Van Duyn Bees – raw local honey in Raleigh, North Carolina
Looking for raw local honey near you? Believe it or not this page is about raw local honey/beekeeping and not woodwork, well at least most of it isn’t. I started keeping bees several years ago which makes for a nice compliment to my woodwork business. I have built all of my hive parts, and I even have started experimenting with …
2019 Checklist for Pet Cremation – Covering All Details and Top Questions
Wondering whether to cremate your pet and want to know more about it? I am putting together this comprehensive checklist to cover all the details of pet cremation. For the meantime its a work in progress to give really good and thorough details on all the major questions. I am a wood sculptor out of Raleigh, NC making nice turned …