Oak cabinet, Lord of the Rings themed
A challenging project that took me about two years to start. I knew what I wanted to do but had no idea how to get there. So for this I printed the design up to A2 size and glued it to the wood, then dremelled the design out, removed the paper and filled it with luminescent paint.
I decided on a dovetail jointed cabinet with an engraved plywood back.
Luminescent design
My attempt to mimic the Ithildin (moon letters) described in the book and seen in the film
Lignum vitae bowl #2
Second old lawn bowl turned into a bowl. Some very deep cracks in the wood which add to the character. It is likely that the bowl was made a hundred years or so ago, and the tree is now endangered so new samples are unlikely. Tough but satisfying to work with. I'm definitely getting better at this, the inside is probably the best I have managed on a deep bowl.
Lignum vitae
Translated as 'Wood of life', this is an incredibly hard and dense wood, one of the top few worldwide.
It used to be used to make lawn bowls (which is what I used to make this) and is so tough and rot-resistant, as well as self-lubricating, that it was used for propeller drive shafts on ships. It is so dense that it is one of the few woods which don't float in water.
Crafted for a crafter
Oak crochet hook just finished.
Mostly made on the lathe but the hook had to be hand finished, so a little bit of drilling to locate the centre of the hook and then careful chisel work and sanding.
The wood was sealed with pale shellac and then finished with Hampshire Sheen wax.
A great rescue
Stunning burr horse-chestnut bowl with blue resin.
I started making a bowl with this piece of burr wood, but due to the nature of burrs it became increasingly unstable as I worked it on the lathe, and I risked losing it entirely.
Epoxy resin was the answer, and this became my first wood and resin bowl, and I am very pleased with the result, a great rescue.
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