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Title: What wood you do?
Post by: jepinto on August 04, 2007, 06:25:10 AM
Two creative people!
Mahogany Car
Everything Wood

Here's one for TS Bear
Title: What wood you do?
Post by: gunug on August 04, 2007, 07:46:05 AM
I'd be kind of interested in the first "actual" car and the T-Bears are cute!  Lots of time has gone by since I had woodshop!
Title: What wood you do?
Post by: Gregg on August 04, 2007, 12:59:02 PM
My Dad used to do lots of woodworking. In fact, in a couple of months, I'm going to visit him and I've set my main task as the big job of straightening up his wood shop (a two car garage with 2 additions on the back).

It's amazing what can be done with wood, and the right tools.
Title: What wood you do?
Post by: jepinto on August 04, 2007, 02:18:16 PM
I guess I should explain my fascination with wood, or I guess I want to explain.  My first dearly beloved is a bas relief wood carver.  When he and I were together, we were always too broke to keep the pieces I liked/wanted/craved.  So I have learned to enjoy a good craftsman when I see one.

Maybe there's pictures of the one.....  found one
http://www.artbycarolmay.com/IAGeraldLindstrom.html
Title: What wood you do?
Post by: TS Bear on August 06, 2007, 01:07:11 AM
Ohhh, I like that one of my hard-headed cousins.  yes.gif

But I woodn't know what to feed them if they came to visit.  Thinking.gif
Title: What wood you do?
Post by: krissel on August 06, 2007, 01:10:27 AM
Jen, your previous 'beloved' does some nice work. If you come across any other examples, please post them.  smile.gif
Title: What wood you do?
Post by: Gregg on August 06, 2007, 07:28:44 AM
QUOTE(TS Bear @ Aug 6 2007, 01:07 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Ohhh, I like that one of my hard-headed cousins.  yes.gif

But I woodn't know what to feed them if they came to visit.  Thinking.gif


petrified honey?
Title: What wood you do?
Post by: dolphin on August 06, 2007, 10:20:15 AM
QUOTE(jepinto @ Aug 4 2007, 07:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Two creative people!
Mahogany Car
Everything Wood

Here's one for TS Bear



I posted some of Livio de Marchi's work here before. Can't remember when that was...I looked in the 2006 archives (about 18 pages) and couldn't find it. The photos may not show up anyhow, because I do believe I've deleted them from wherever I placed them. He does some fantastic work though for sure.

Thanks for the link Jennnie!
Title: What wood you do?
Post by: Francine Eisner on August 08, 2007, 12:08:44 AM
Thank you. Love that car!!!

I used to love working in wood a long time before I became a jeweler. I always left a mess on my father's workbench. I couldn't help it; there was just so much sawdust.

w/re to wood these days, I use driftwood to make little bas-reliefs. As far as decorating goes, I've become a collector of bamboo (cellulose too, after all) to the extent that my apartment looks kinda like a hut in the South Seas.

I've seen some really amazing things made from bamboo. A year or so someone came up with a bamboo car, and a bamboo bicycle, which seems only logical. There is some extreme silliness too. Take a look at "bamboo craziness."

This thread is making me feel very silly, which is the preferred state given my generally stressful life these days. I just thought of something "woody" that made me smile: A Mad Magazine "article" about a woman who had made her house entirely from sandpapered peach pits.

The idea of that can't be beat for silliness. I could never forget about it, even after all these years. It's inconceivable that there could be something more ridiculous. It still makes me smile biggrin.gif

Cheers,
Francine
bonsai.gif
(The Mac Gardener)
Title: What wood you do?
Post by: Francine Eisner on August 08, 2007, 12:16:27 AM
QUOTE(Francine Eisner @ Aug 8 2007, 01:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I just thought of something "woody" that made me smile: A Mad Magazine "article" about a woman who had made her house entirely from sandpapered peach pits.

Cheers,
Francine
bonsai.gif
(The Mac Gardener)


Hmm...more about working with peach pits. Some pretty serious stuff here.

http://www.cst.cmich.edu/users/dietr1rv/peachpits/index.htm

I apologize if I have offended any peach-pit craftsmen.

 laugh.gif
Francine
Title: What wood you do?
Post by: krissel on August 08, 2007, 01:49:12 AM
Cool stuff.

Found this link there.

http://www.shamey.com/

Check out the toothpick carvings...especially the train.  eek2.gif
Title: What wood you do?
Post by: Gregg on August 08, 2007, 07:31:38 AM
That peach pit carving made me think of a news story we saw on TV recently. This guy was carving things (out of what, I can't recall) so tiny that you needed a microscope (not just a magnifying glass) to see them. The detail was incredible. We saw it on ABC News, so maybe their web site has the story if anyone is interested and has the time to search.
Title: What wood you do?
Post by: Francine Eisner on August 08, 2007, 07:35:12 AM
QUOTE(krissel @ Aug 8 2007, 02:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Cool stuff.

Found this link there.

http://www.shamey.com/

Check out the toothpick carvings...especially the train.  eek2.gif


 laugh.gif