Hand made from wood, fibre, clay, porcelain, glass, wool, leather, metals.....

avondale87 wrote in post #19287339
I love leadlight windows and when we rebuilt this ancient derelict I was keen to add some interesting leadlights.
I love Australian native Waratah flowers and after the very gifted lady had finished a few windows for us I asked if she could make a waratah flower which she did, Not really having anywhere for it she made one to fit inside the window frame of the upstairs bathroom, effectively blocking peeping toms for looking in from top of Mt Roland 6 miles away
(the window has a fly screen in front of leadlight so it may look a bit odd

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I also took to inlaying same into my boxes and they were very popular.
Our native Myrtle was an obvious choice with its rich reddish colour.
Blackwood background, leaves and stem, rest myrtle

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Inlays like these were fiddly to finish off. Cutting was straight forward if took your time.
Lose one of those little pieces and the chances of replicating it after the overall cutout were extremely slim
Definitely kept the vacuum cleaner off. Latter was to suck up any dust thrown about in the process of making, finishing
Overall size about 170mm diameter

avondale87 wrote in post #19287345
last one for a while
Ray can you post your books? Here - not to me, thanks

This was a whim I had one day and put thoughts to results
It was popular and though I never had a dedicated use for it the women favoured it for sewing accessory.

One day husband and wife both browsed the gallery where these were in Launceston and were both taken by them. There were two of different woods.
Separately they bought one each, for their partner, unbeknownst to the other.
Naturally the truth came out and they ventured back to the Design Centre and explained the situation who rang and asked me what to do.
I said to take one back and give them a refund.

This one is Tasmanian Blackwood with King Billy Pine drawer bottom

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Beautiful work, Richard! I wish I could work in wood.

Another wallet in Italian metallic leather. Really a wristlet with rainbow hardware and zipper teeth.

Many thanks Renata for your kind comments.
Working wood is certainly very satisfying.
The beautiful sound of a sharp plane gliding across the surface is quite therapeutic. Honestly, it's a sound to behold.
And the satisfaction of a well cut series of joints all fitting together.

Then there's the frustration of marking and cutting to the wrong side of the line!
The beauty of wood is some mistakes can be covered by gluing same timber into gaps and they're never detected when finish is applied.

I digress
There's lots of crafts I'd love to do but won't.
Take your sewing. It looks so nice, and I'm sure it's easy to you.
Keep them coming too please. I enjoy seeing such.

I can only echo what you have said Richard.

I have done a few simple things with leather and it isn't as easy as it looks and yours look good Renata

One of our daughters made the wooden chair for her mum. About 6" - 150mm high
All hand made except the twine.
We've made some full size foot stools between us from eucalypt branches and rush seating.
I think this gave her the idea

One from my gallery, includes a brass chair of my mother's. I think it was a sample of wares? Not sure

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Richard, those are charming little chairs. I made one about the same size once. It doesn't compare with yours. It was hastily assembled and didn't hang together long, pretty much a jokey project. I think it was for World Wide Photo Week, but I don't recall the theme.

OhLook wrote in post #19290570
Richard, those are charming little chairs. I made one about the same size once. It doesn't compare with yours. It was hastily assembled and didn't hang together long, pretty much a jokey project. I think it was for World Wide Photo Week, but I don't recall the theme.

Thanks OhLook.
I'll take some photos of the larger stools my daughter & and I made.
This was all her own work with just a pocket knife.
It was a total (pleasant) surprise when she produced it.
I wish I knew what the brass one was about, but mum was never sure herself.

I love that paper version.
I did see it on another thread and admired it then.
Ingenuity at its simple best
Not sure if there is such a word?

Both of those chairs are quite delightful.

I have to admit that I have never seen a 'reading' chair quite like that OH. Perfect for a news reader

avondale87 wrote in post #19290563
One of our daughters made the wooden chair for her mum. About 6" - 150mm high
All hand made except the twine.
We've made some full size foot stools between us from eucalypt branches and rush seating.
I think this gave her the idea

One from my gallery, includes a brass chair of my mother's. I think it was a sample of wares? Not sure

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That is adorable. She did a great job. I love miniatures, especially when they are handmade.

Thanks Melissa
She is very talented (even if I do say so ), and has a very artistic hand with the paint brush.
I'll take some more pictures of her work.
(she made a Papier-mâché donkey for my birthday one year :rolleyes

"a Papier-mâché donkey for my birthday one year '

Was she trying to tell you something mate?

I have done some small bit Melisa> I had a commission for some bits for a dolls house and enjoyed doing them so much I did some for me too. The plates and fruit bown are yew and the rest beech.

Jonzjob wrote in post #19290658
"a Papier-mâché donkey for my birthday one year '

Was she trying to tell you something mate?

I have done some small bit Melisa> I had a commission for some bits for a dolls house and enjoyed doing them so much I did some for me too. The plates and fruit bown are yew and the rest beech.

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If you notice, the candle stick on the right has no candle. It's on the small plate by the cake stand. Well, candles burn down don't they so you have to be able to change them don't you

This was the way the candle sticks were finished on the lathe. Just as well I have some small gouges!

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Oh my... those are adorable, John! And so well made. Beautiful work.

Speaking of miniatures, it's been a while since I've shared my work in this thread. Here are some little porcelain Santas and snowmen that I just finished for the upcoming season.

They are quite delightful lass

The only time I have worked with clay was in France. That was a cese of using my Bosch hammer drill to help SWMBO to dig a hole through it to plant trees! It was like concrete

Different type of clay me-thinks It's lovely the way that you work it.

Jonzjob wrote in post #19290695
They are quite delightful lass

The only time I have worked with clay was in France. That was a cese of using my Bosch hammer drill to help SWMBO to dig a hole through it to plant trees! It was like concrete

Different type of clay me-thinks It's lovely the way that you work it.

Thank you, John. Yes, sounds like a different type of clay that you worked with.