In spite of a world gone mad, and all the news that's fit to print, We are working day to day to tame the new reeds in our musical family…
Boogers of Beeswax ::: Twist of Hemp 45:::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoplhQEFLus&feature=youtu.be We got a little gooseneck filming tool in the post today just minutes before I started today's drawing so I did a quick movie to see how it works. …
Arrival
We waited and waited, and now, just like that, the waiting is over and the work begins. Frankly I don't really know what I am doing. I don't know how…
Payment
Payment to the pipes maker across the seas on the good ship Fifth-Third - John Joe Badger sends his watery mates on the errand to square up the accounts. These…
Choose
::: TWIST of HEMP ::: Week 42. Hiya friends. Amy here, the creatrix of John Joe Badger. It's a strange time to be drawing gentle, tuneful badgers. There are so…
The mysterious ‘backstitch’
::: TWIST OF HEMP ::: Week 41 There are many mysteries in this thing we call piping. John Joe Badger has heard whispers of a mysterious thing some call 'The…
x’s and o’s (the upper octave)
::: Twist of Hemp ::: Week 40 This week, John Joe Badger is working diligently in the upper octave, experimenting with a variety of approaches to achieving these ephemeral notes.…
Accoutrements ::: Twist of Hemp 39 :::
We are returned safely from travels and settled in, but more on that later...... Recently we heard from Mickey Dunne over in Limerick, Ireland that the half-set of uilleann pipes…
Away ::: Twist of Hemp 38 :::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpHmmYVRNpc&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR0voBdGOqBphWBs5QfEwejsqeAim6QWX0CkIm7XNOUnMt8EHsyhK3dN-tM Midweek, and we are away. Skies - sunsets in particular - have been magnificent. Reminding us of our small place in the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPrDXeGX3sI&feature=youtu.be Evening jaunts on the boat…
Selkie times
::: TWIST OF HEMP week 37 ::: It's the ocean side of this journey, and we couldn't be happier. It being Tuesday, I have a John Joe Badger drawing to…