A few weeks ago Fiona and I did a timber vase carving workshop. Since then we have been collecting some odds and ends of timber that we can carve.
Today I did a test run and carved a couple of stone shaped vases - one out of camphor laurel offcuts (see opening photo); one out of the salvaged liquid amber timber - see below.
Photo of the vases holding a bit of foliage are below. The larger vase is 7cm in diameter; and the smaller one is 4.5cm in diameter.
Following are a few photos of the some of the timber I have prepared for Fiona and I to do a vase carving play day in the near future.
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Below are a few process-progress images from today.
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I must say I had a lot of fun carving these wee forms today.
Long ago and faraway, I went to a craft show in Cedarburg, Wisconsin … a woodcarver was selling painted wooden figures, gnome-like with a Santa Claus vibe … but what caught and held my interest was the figure he was working on … the faceted cuts were still visible, not yet sanded away, and the wood was still bare of any color or finish … I loved it and asked to buy it as it was, offering to pay full price … 30+ years later, it is still one of my favorite Christmas decorations … all that by way of saying how much I like the faceted vase-in-progress in the middle of your post
ReplyDeleteThese are fabulous! Must be very satisfying to see these beauties taking shape.
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