Inmate Carves Niche Beyond Walls ; Rod Whitten, Who's Serving Time at the Maine State Prison, Is Using Wood to Build a Future for Himself.
Portland Press Herald › April 16, 2006
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It's referred to as "iron wood" - tough, unyielding and hard to work with. Patience and skill help shape it, but most woodworking artisans prefer not to try.
"Nobody else really likes it except for me," said Rod Whitten about basswood.See the full content of this document
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Inmate Carves Niche Beyond Walls ; Rod Whitten, Who's Serving Time at the Maine State Prison, Is Using Wood to Build a Future for Himself.
Whitten, who's serving time at the Maine State Prison in Warren, actually prefers the wood's grain. He's learned how to work well with it - the right pressure needed for cuts, the discovery of how boiling the wood can make ...
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