Tools
RAKE, HAY
Hay rake of ash and Douglas fir.
This hay rake is modeled after one in the Shaker Museum collection. Natural Douglas fir handle with largest diameter at rake end, 1 1/8" tapering to 7/8" at other end. Handle is mortised into a tine ash bar and fixed with two wooden wedges driven into the end. Natural mock orange stem tines are through-mortised into tine bar and wedged. Two concentric semi-circular red osier dogwood braces are lashed to the handle with rawhide and through mortised into the tine bar and locked there with wooden wedges. Rake has 16 half-inch diameter, easily replaced tines. Finish: spar varnish.
Dimensions:
76 x 32 x 6.25 in. (193 x 81.3 x 15.9 cm)
Modeled after your Object ID1957.8940.1 Grading rake of ash and hickory, Hancock, MA.
Bill Rogers
The Ruled Rolling Pin, 2021
in Walnut & Ash
This Ruled Rolling Pin is inspired by the visual rhythm & utility of peg rails found in many Shaker homes. The walnut pin is marked with ash pegs at 1" intervals along its length to assist in rolling out dough to a desired diameter. The stepped ends function as dough depth-checkers -- one end with 1/4" increments and the other 1/8". Like the peg rail, these details may appear decorative, but the embellishments in form serve mainly to enhance the tool's utility. The Ruled Rolling Pin is a simple tool that not only helps roll out dough but measures it along the way.
In an added nod to Shaker peg rails, the pin is paired with a rubber-dipped clasp for wall-mounting -- a reimagined detail that helps usher Shaker principles for organization & utility into the tiny apartment of it's Brooklyn maker.
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Parker Thompson
Clarke Olsen
This cherry tray, measures 20” x 11” x 7/8." It's simple design is pared to the essential function of the tray, protecting contents from sliding off the sides or ends.