HydroRon's Swamp Things
For ten years before I got into hydroponics I travel what is called the arts and crafts circuit in Michigan and Florida selling stuff that I made from cypress wood from the swamps of central Florida. It's a great life if you can get use to living without money. No I don't have anything to sell. I kept a few things and the rest is long gone.
| Merlin's Pet | A two time first place winner. I still have this one. |
| Merlin' Secret | My first attempt at wood carving. |
| Fish | My second attempt |
| Swordfish | Or maybe a marlin I don't know. |
| Bird | From a cypress knee. |
| Nude | The front is for men and you can turn it around for the women. |
| Nude 2 | Side view. |
| Nude 3 | I love nude women. |
| Unicorn | This one was so popular I had to carve two of them. |
| The Swamp | Harvesting cypress knees. Cutting the knees doesn't hurt the 1000 year old cypress trees. I brought a Water Moccasin snake home in a hollow cypress knee once. |
| Raw knees | A fresh load of cypress knees ready to be sliced and diced or what ever comes to my imagination. |
| Table 1 | Coffee table made from slices of cypress knees on a solid knee base. |
| Table 2 | Table made from a slice of a 1000 year old cypress tree. You have to watch where you sit your cup on this table. |
| Table 3 | Two tier coffee table with end tables. |
| Table 4 | Small knee table. |
| Table 5 | Another small table. |
| Table 6 | This is what the tables look like before I poured epoxy resin on them. |
| Clocks | Assorted knee clocks on a slab table. Tilt your head to the left until I fix this picture. |
| Clock 1 | Knee Clock |
| Clock 2 | Mushroom coral knee clock. |
| Clock 3 | Knee clock with flowers. |
| Clock 4 | Knee clock with more flowers. |
| Boxes | You may own one of these what not boxes. I made and sold thousands. |
| Mo Boxes | The wood sculptures got me in the better craft shows but these little boxes paid the bills. |
| Wood Burn Boxes |
At one time I wood burned pictures on the boxes but to much work for the price I could get. |
| Pen Sets | Digital clocks with pens. |
| Lighter& Ashtray | I'm glad these things fell out of fashion being a 33 year non-smoker. |
| Display | Not a good show by the look on my face. |
| Display 2 | A show in Daytona Beach Florida |
| Display 3 | Leesburg Florida Show |
| House | My cypress house. Not finished yet. |
| Ron's Trike | Is it a three wheel car or is it a motorcycle. Built from spare parts around the farm.
It has a fully blown oversized engine that makes it hard to keep the front wheel down. Can
you say wheelie bars! Here is my first trike 34 years ago in 1968. |
