I spent ages referring to these as “things that you stick in your plant pot, you know, as decoration” so thanks to Jolene for finally setting me straight and appointing the title “plant poke”, at least when we’re trying to sell them at the craft fayre we’ll be able to put a name to them now!
None of these are more than 8 inches in height with a pokey bit on the bottom so that they stand up in the plant pots, so unless you’re trying to stick them in a pot with a seedling or a tiny plant they should be nestled amongst the foliage … although I suppose it depends on your plants, I know a few people who could do with one of these to distract from the fact that their plants were laid to rest some time ago!
With my larger carvings I tend to restrict myself to traditional hand tools (knives, gouges and the like), however, for these I wanted something that would allow me to work at a greater pace and I ended resorting to my generic dremel type power tool that I’ve been looking at askance for the past few months trying to figure out how I might employ it best. Well, aside from using it to create clouds of sawdust which gets everywhere, it seems that I can produce these chaps, and with a little pyrography for embellishment I think they look pretty good … my favourite is the one in the middle.
I think I may apply a few of the lessons I’ve learned from these to the larger carvings I do.
Now available from the shop.
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