Holiday Sale

This Friday and Saturday, I'll have a booth at the SEA Holiday Sale. If you're free, please join me to see my new work and a wide array of unique gifts. Please click here for a list of participating artists.

thanks, Peter

I love pie!

A couple years ago, our old rolling pin with the red handles started to fall apart. I made a rolling pin, similar to these, to replace it. These are native hard maple, displaying both heart and sapwood and have green milk paint in the small coves at each end. I turn each one to its diameter, sand and cut a small cove at each end, then turn off the lathe. I rotate the piece by hand to apply the milk paint to both coves. The pin comes off the lathe and I chop both ends to remove any trace of its having been attached to the lathe. Finally, the edges are sanded smooth, prior to 2 coats of walnut oil.

I call them green pins because of the green milk paint and because the maple is native and fairly local. The red handles of the old pin gave me the idea of adding some color to the ends.

This batch is curly, soft maple. They're all about 1 3/4" in diameter and about 18" long. With my palms on the pin to roll, I feel the dough respond to my movements. The length of the pin makes it easy for me to transfer the rolled dough to its pan.

I ask $32.00 per pin plus about $5.00 to $10.00 for shipping, depending on how far away you are. Please contact me here for more information. Green pins were just featured on a blog dedicated to exploring and highlighting flavor. Please go to www.flavorista.com for more. Pie is Good!