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Custom varnishing a Northern Sun violin May 2014   I'm working on preparing a custom violin for a young violinist. She selected her fittings and named her preference for the colour and shading of the varnish. M. would like a warm golden colour

Rehair madness! April 2014   I've had a big batch of rehairs to do lately. You can see that the coloured hair is quite popular. I dye the hair myself with bright hair dye (it works well on the horse hair).  Kids love

Nearing completion of my latest violin February 2014   My last post ended with a photo of the purfling glued into the channel. After trimming the purfling and finalizing the outside arching, I flipped the plate over and began thicknessing the inside. I

Back to the workbench January 2014   After completing my latest violin, I have begun work on the next. I'm using European maple and spruce and it reacts differently to the gouge than the local wood. It is also much lighter. Here are

Violin completed and set-up December 2013 [one_half] A few weeks ago I completed my latest violin. The varnishing went very well and the violin ended up a rich red brown. It is made from local wood. You can see in a previous post