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It’s been a wee while since I finished these off and I’m afraid they’ve been lying around gathering dust until I managed to find some time to take some photo’s of them. As ever, each Poke has been created using a combination of power-carving, hand-carving, sanding, pyrography and oiling to protect the wood from the [...]
I have blogged about these before, so won’t bore you with the details again. I have been trying to get some decent individual shots of them though and having struggled with lighting and props I finally managed to get some pictures for the shop, I’m rather please with them so I thought I might as [...]
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As promised, here’s a quick how to for making your own wooden crochet hook. These are easy to make but you will probably need to practice before the shape is akin to a mass manufactured crochet hook. I know I need to practice more on the shape. The thing is, these work regardless of how [...]
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This will probably be the final batch of plant pokes until after Christmas as ‘other priorities’ take over … also, the workshop gets hellish cold at this time of year due to gaping gaps under the doors and roof which may as well not be there when the cold winter gales get going! Click image [...]
I’ve developed a real joy out of making these little characters, generally I’ll closet myself away in the workshop, put on some Razorlight and get into a general carving frenzy. This batch were made using some of the last remains of the silver fir and elm, although I do have some european larch, Birch and Ash [...]
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I’ve finally completed a new set of plant pot ornaments (plant pokes), extending the range to include a smaller variety of ‘wood sprites’ measuring between 3″ – 4″ tall as well as the usual range measuring between 6″ – 8″ in height. These particular plant pokes have been carved in either silver fir or elm [...]
Ah yes, finally! This has, without doubt, been the single most time consuming carving I’ve done, normally I keep track of the time taken in order to assign some sort of meaningful price to the object, however, as the hours ticked by and began to appraoch 20 hours of blister inducing carving I decided to [...]
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The little owl has been floating about for a while and I was surprised he’s not featured in a previous blog entry, he’s made out of ecospun felt, with recycled polyester stuffing, and old buttons. I think he’s a rather cute wee fellow, especially with the little ‘o’ embroidered on the front. With luck Jolene will [...]
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This is the first larger carving I have completed using my new gouges, they have essentially allowed me to abandon the set of craft knives I had been using and at the same time has also eliminated the fear I had of breaking the rather flimsy knives. The gouges have certainly made life a lot [...]
I’ve been chatting recently with my sister about what one might do with 200-odd left-over roof slates, how she might engrave, decorate, and otherwise use them in a crafty capacity. Since I have a rotary hobby tool I use for some wood carving and grinding stones to use with it I suggested I’d see what [...]
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