I thought I should mention that I am about to become a real builder. I started assembling an internal strong back and have placed the forms into position for final alignment for a high deck Night Heron. I figure on taking two years to build this sea puppy because I have ideas for all kinds in inlay work that needs to be done. The deck will have two skinny intertwining strips of ash running along its length and be built primarily with clear cedar, unless I happen upon something I like better. The ash strips will have hand-made maple leafs (laminated bits of colored wood) attached at various random locations. I will construct my personal logo (large canadian maple leaf inset with fleur-de-lis and a Metis infinity symbol) and inset that onto the front deck. I hope to use naturally colored woods to create the logo so that I don't have to use dyes. Not sure what I will make the stems with yet, have to get down to the nitty gritty of form alignment and strip cutting first.

Robert N Pruden