For my upcoming Kickstarter campaign, I was brainstorming with James Adams, La Honda's master wood craftsman, about incentive rewards that I could offer to people who make Kickstarter donations. We were talking in his woodshop, setting our beer bottles on top of his table saw, when I had the idea: "How thin can you cut a piece of wood on that table saw? Could we make a bookmark?"
James cut some samples. A bit of sanding, a bit of finish, an experiment with freehand writing using a router, and — wow:
James has salvaged all kinds of local La Honda timber. When a tree falls, James is there. He has black acacia, dark walnut, fir, maple, redwood (of course). Maybe that redwood came from Ken Kesey's old cabin. James even has a cypress tree from Neil Young's ranch.
So I'll be offering bookmarks as incentive rewards on Kickstarter, starting next week. Put a little lumber between your pages. Own a piece of legendary La Honda timber.
much better than the bills I usually recycle as bookmarks. and then forget to pay the bills.
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