News - Red Oak Hollow

Professional photographer visits Red Oak Hollow Lathe Works

Dick McCreight gets a view of life here during the WLAST tour
Monday at 3:19am

Dick McCreight, one of my fraternity brothers and a great friend, came to visit with his wife, Linda, in June of 2007 during the Western Loudoun Artists Studio Tour (WLAST) and shot some photos while here. His photos of Red Oak Hollow Lathe Works can be seen on his web site at [http://albums.phanfa ...

Academic Mace completed for Patrick Henry College

This academic mace signifies the authority of the college to confer degrees.
Thursday Feb 14th, 5:09pm

[Image: Academic mace | left] In May 2005, just in time for graduation, I delivered this academic mace to Patrick Henry College, a Christian institution located in Purcellville, VA. The mace is 3'9" long and is primarily made of mahogany with three sets of three olivewood beads, or rings, inset at ...

Mace and Mini for Antioch University

Last minute request nets mace for 2006 graduation
Wednesday Feb 6th, 3:43am

[Image: Antioch University Mace | left] [http://www.antioch.edu/ | Antioch University Southern California] just barely got their academic mace in time for the 2006 graduation. Chris Wolfe, Manager of Alumni and Donor Relations at the Southern California campus of Antioch University, sent an e-mail ...

Making genuine wood hats added to skills.

Tom is now able to make custom-fitting wood hats
Mon, Nov 26 2007, 10:15am

The class at the [http://www.folkschool.org | John C. Campbell Folk School] back in May 2007 was terrific. Chris Ramsey substituted for Soren Berger who was unable to come because his wife was ill. Chris taught us how to make wood hats. You can see Chris' web site [http://www.knot-head.com | here ...

UC Hastings Gets Academic Mace

UCH mace reflects college history and values
Tue, Jan 02 2007, 1:57pm

The University of California Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA, now has an academic mace which expresses the history, ideals, and goals of the college. What is particularly interesting is that the college did not pay for this mace, but funds for the mace were donated to the college by ...

Special Bowls donated for Waterford Foundation auction

These bowls are from the branch of a maple tree at the Waterford Second Street school.
Wed, May 04 2005, 11:47am

[Image: Second Street School bowls | right] This picture of three nested bowls shows the result of what can be made from a special tree which blows down in a storm. On September 18, 2003, a large branch from a maple tree at the back corner of the Second Street School, a one-room schoolhouse in Wate ...

Historical Preservation

Special Bowls from a Special Tree
Thu, Mar 17 2005, 6:53am

On 18 Sep 03, Hurricane Isabel blew through the East Coast, including the historic village of Waterford, VA, which is about five miles west of Leesburg. A large piece of a maple tree in the schoolyard of the Second Street School, the old one-room school in Waterford, fell across the oak fence aroun ...