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Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: stuckinthemud on May 05, 2018, 10:52:19 am

Title: Just finished
Post by: stuckinthemud on May 05, 2018, 10:52:19 am

Hi guys, this one's just finished, three flowers (daffodils) for three siblings and a ball in a cage with a twisted stem.  The client was very specific, also it had to be in a dark timber so it's in recycled mahogany, yuck, horrible to work with. It took me a long time to find a way to design the ball and cage into a spoon with flowers but hopefully  they'll like it

(https://stuckinthemudsite.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_20180505_164625-1.jpg)

Title: Re: Just finished
Post by: Hawkdancer on May 05, 2018, 11:32:12 am

Teriffic carving, bet that took a lot of re-honing!
Hawkdancer

Title: Re: Just finished
Post by: stuckinthemud on May 05, 2018, 11:52:03 am

yeh it did!  The wood also proved to be very prone to splitting so I hard to carve a little more 'chunky' than I would have liked too.

Title: Re: Just finished
Post by: Zuma on May 05, 2018, 04:08:17 pm

Excellentl, stick. That's beautiful.  Perhaps walnut next tine?
Zuma )W(

Title: Re: Just finished
Post by: Hawkdancer on May 06, 2018, 01:24:27 am

Walnut is a bit of a bear to carve also, unless it is not seasoned.  Unseasoned apple, peach, or cherry would be a better choice, I think.
Hawkdancer

Title: Re: Just finished
Post by: stuckinthemud on May 06, 2018, 02:18:30 am

I think Zuma is looking at dark woods, but while walnut is not nice to carve as it's so hard, it has two other things against it; it's very expensive and I haven't got any :-)

Title: Re: Just finished
Post by: Jodocus on May 07, 2018, 01:15:40 pm

sweet carving, nice work!

Title: Re: Just finished
Post by: TrevorM on May 10, 2018, 03:45:17 pm

Very nice! The ball in the cage is the number of children they want, at least that's what it represents in Welsh Love spoons.

Title: Re: Just finished
Post by: selfbow joe on May 11, 2018, 03:57:46 am

Nice work

Title: Re: Just finished
Post by: BrianS on May 11, 2018, 06:28:16 am

Beautiful work.

Title: Re: Just finished
Post by: YosemiteBen on May 11, 2018, 09:44:38 am

Just WOW!

Title: Re: Just finished
Post by: stuckinthemud on May 11, 2018, 11:03:00 am

Quote from: TrevorM on May 10, 2018, 03:45:17 pm

Very nice! The ball in the cage is the number of children they want, at least that's what it represents in Welsh Love spoons.

True, but it is also a love kept safe, as in this spoon.  The full symbol list is
Spoon bowl - love that is deep and wide - very contentious as this is a modern interpretation of a symbol millennia old, more likely is the spoon as the symbol of the woman in charge of the hearth and home, but the true meaning is lost.
Stem with a twist - growing together
Ball and cage - love held safe
Foliage - affection
Daffodils -  Wales
Three Flowers - three siblings

Title: Re: Just finished
Post by: Hawkdancer on May 11, 2018, 11:02:47 pm

Looks and sounds like a Celtic thing to mo(me)!  We tend to. See the esoteric side of things :' >:D!  Neat carving and very symbolic!
Hawkdancer