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… Welcome and I am glad you made it here. Should you be interested in learning more about me/beekeeping take a look at this honey information page. Additionally, I am chronicling my journey as a treatment free apiary on my Pure North Carolina Honey …
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 …
