Bits and Bobs Handmade from Wood
Here are a few more little bits that I’ve been working on, busy stocking up for the craft fairs later in the year. The “Dogs Tail Never Lies” is a fretwork piece cut from Ash. The letter/napkin holder below is … Continued
I posted a little while back about doing a box manufacturing run. These are little trinket boxes – the small ones are 90 x 90 mm and the large ones are 155 x 95 mm. I decorate these and they … Continued
Last little pyrography piece for this week, honest! Just a small piece at around 4 x 3 inches. Live edged wood (sycamore I think), then coloured with watercolour paints and finished with wood wax.
Another pyrography piece on live edged Eucalyptus, coloured with watercolour paints and finished with wood wax.
Another pyrography piece on live edged sycamore (I think). Coloured with watercolour paints and finished with chopping block oil.
Finished couple of decorative cheeseboards earlier the week. Pyrography works burning the outline and the wishes one coloured watercolour paints/pencils.
Just finished and posted this Ring of Brodgar Intarsia to order as a visitor saw the one we had but didn’t buy it at the time and when they rang to order it, it was sold! I made another, to … Continued
I’ve been making some little base boxes which I will decorate later. Here is my process… First I cut out the sides – I knock out a load of sides at the same time and keep them in sets with … Continued
Here’s a little departure from my normal work. I cut the outside with my scrollsaw, then power carved the tree stump and eagle this using a Dremel, then a lot of hand sanding! I applied a bit of white dye … Continued
Here’s a little horse drawn plough pyrography I did earlier. It about 29cm x 20cm on live edged sycamore (I think).