A tiny little box with a daisy on the lid. The box is made from Lacewood, also known as Australian Silky-oak. The lid is Padauk. For the painted daisy, I used a stencil based on a printed design and cut with an X-acto knife,
Heart-Shaped Cutting Boards
Heart-Shaped cutting boards, now featuring cheesy radial blur FX… B-)
The boards are about 10” across and about 7/8” thick. They are made of hard maple with purpleheart racing stripes for extra speed. (zoom zoom)… I made these by request for a favourite client. One has the stripes at a slight angle for a hint of jauntiness, without quite being sassy. Nobody likes sassy.
Just in time for Valenti…. er, Easter, I guess…
Recent Projects: Pens Pens Pens
I’m either in a rut, or on a roll, but either way I’m making nothing much but pens lately… here are some recent samples…
As always, if anything catches your fancy, just get in touch. The Etsy store doesn’t have much loaded up at the moment so best thing is just talk to me… hit that contact button or email me… or catch me on the Facebook or the Twitter.
Afzelia Burl Rollerball Pen
A pen I turned, moments ago, from Afzelia burl wood. The plating is “bright copper” and the pen style is called “Sedona”, which is similar to the “Baron” rollerball, but has a Celtic knot-style centre band. I think this is my favourite style pen now. It has 17 parts. I’ve been known to struggle with assembly, but this one went perfectly.
[YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EOS3efblbE]
Keyring Whistles with Secret Compartment
I made these from walnut for a simple look. The compartment is about the right size for a rolled-up $20 bill. Or a $100 bill if you’re that blessed…
Recent Projects: Longwood Click Pens
These are a new (to me) design, called “Longwood Click Pens”. Aptly named, because they’re a decent size, and the single-barrel construction really shows off the wood. And they’re the only “click”-style pen I’ve encountered, so that’s refreshing too.
Woods are (l-r) Zebrawood (2), Pink Ivory, Walnut, Paduak, Cherry, Lacewood.
Small PineTable
The “design” for this is not only dead simple, but was lifted from an existing table of ours, which was kind of messed up and needed replacing. Just four straight legs, four stretchers mortised into the legs, and a square top made from four narrower boards. If this table was a song, it would definitely be in 4/4 time.
Magnifying Glasses
A couple of magnifiers, made from a wood called Pau Ferro, which is kind of a more interesting walnut.
Set a Spell, Put Your Feet Up
Lynda finally unearthed her upholstery stuff, and I found the hinges, and so the walnut footstool from a few months ago is now finished! I love it when a plan comes together, and before the New Year too.
see also:
Walnut Footstool – Dry Fit (posted June 23, 2010)
Two Christmas Presents and a Video
Merry Christmas! Here are a couple of Christmas presents I made, one for Lynda and one for myself. And stay tuned for a video that’s exactly as exciting as watching icicles hanging from a roof.
Continuing the octagon theme for our household, here is a small pot pourri holder I made for Lynda for Christmas.
From a design by The Wood Whisperer ( www.thewoodwhisperer.com) this is a small swiveling desk clock. The hardware is from Lee Valley Tools, the wood is Wenge and Curly Maple.
And now our main feature: colder but more exciting than watching grass grow, here are the icicles hanging from our roof, presented in vertically letter-boxed format because I’m an idiot and shot it in portrait orientation, requiring a trip into windows Movie Maker to rotate. Now I’ve got Movie Maker cooties all over me…