Painting Easels

What is it?

A friend put a callout on Facebook, needing tabletop painting easels for a married couple activity at church. So we asked, “how many”. When she said 30, and considering we never made easels before, we thought it would be a fun challenge. So we offered up our help!

What did we learn?

Hard Maple is, well, HARD! The milling was tough, even with a clean, sharp blade on the saws. It also required a LOT more sanding than a lot of the other wood species with which we have worked. However, when this wood is sanded, it feels so smooth and, actually, soft!

We learned a lot about angles and how to apply them on three different axis. The a-frame in the front had one set of angles. Then the leg going out the back had a different set. Both sets eventually meet together at the top of the easel, which essentially makes it a third set of angles.

We wanted to make these easels small enough to handle small canvases, but big enough to handle “average” sized canvases. We think we nailed it. But until customers write us back to tell us more about how they used them, we’ll never know! Curious? Checkout our store as there may still be some left!

In Closing…

While this project didn’t take a very long time (ish), there were a lot of pieces and steps to getting each easel just right. We’re thankful for the opportunity to serve God’s family like this, and are also thankful for the outcomes!