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'Medieval' Green Man carved bow rest
Ruddy Darter:
Hi there,
I saw this section of the forum and thought I'd post some pics of a bowstand I made for a member of my archery club. It's customary to leave your bow behind the shooting line when collecting arrows and I've started making these for some of the traditional archers at our club.
It's carved in white oak planking from a local timber yard, and the eyes are inlays of holly wood with a cross-section of a yew twig for the iris and pupils. It's my version of a medieval Green man commonly found in churches in England and Europe.
https://youtu.be/Xere60BM1IU and a quick vid showing more, the other side is carved with a Norse style deer and Celtic knotwork, but I dont have pics and I don't have the stand anymore.
It's all hand carved with a small flat head chisel and knife and sawing done with a coping saw, I got a few more proper carving chisels recently which should speed things up a little. :D
It all breaks down flat to three pieces for carriage/storage and is fixed together with a couple of dowels.
Ruddy Darter.
(Sympetrum sanguineum)
JW_Halverson:
Oh wow......
Del the cat:
Woo cool.
I do like the symbolism of the green man :)
Del
DC:
Oh, now you're just showing off. That is awesome. Guys like you just make me want to quit ;D ;D ;D ;D
unkieford:
::: looking at my own hands::: You two are USELESS! Just look at what REAL hands can do!
Seriously amazing work.
---Ford---
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