Bender

In a small New Mexico town, a 17-year-old high school girl who just got her driver's license gets into her first fender bender, innocently exchanging her personal information with an apologetic stranger. Later that stormy night, she is joined in her desolate suburban home by a couple of her school friends who try their best to make a night out of it, only to be visited by the stranger she so willingly handed all of her information to – a terrifying and bizarre serial killer who stalks the country's endless miles of roads and streets with his old rusty car, hungrily searching for his next unsuspecting victim.

La notte in cui sua madre viene portata in un ospedale psichiatrico dopo un accesso di follia, Francie ha solo otto anni e rimane sola con la sua babysitter aspettando di poter prendere, la mattina dopo, il treno che la porterà a Los Angeles a vivere con gli zii. Accanto al divano sul quale dorme c'è una lampada con un paralume decorato di farfalle. Al risveglio, Francie vede una farfalla morta, identica a quelle sul paralume, che galleggia dentro un bicchiere d'acqua. Senza farsi vedere dalla babysitter, la deglutisce. Vent'anni dopo Francie si trova costretta a fare i conti con quel momento, immergendosi nel passato e ripescando nella memoria altri due incidenti, molto simili: la scoperta, in un quaderno di scuola, dello scheletro essiccato di uno scarafaggio, e la presenza di un bouquet di rose che riproduce il motivo floreale delle tende di casa..

Carving a ball & claw foot is easier than you might think – but only if you have the right instructor. Charles Bender has carved hundreds of these icons of period furniture and has developed simple and straightforward techniques that anyone can learn. During this at-the-bench video, Chuck teaches you the carving process from ball to toe, and shows you how to develop and maintain symmetry as you work – the true hallmark of great ball & claw feet. Charles (Chuck) Bender has been a woodworker since the age of 12. He's renowned for his period furniture reproductions, which can be seen in museums and private collections. In 2007, he started the Acanthus Workshop.