Any spoon carvers/wood carvers, turners here?

[keithmac]

Spending a minute or so reading this thread.
Sorry but some of these are just not very good and thats putting it politely.Its given me a laugh anyway.

Sad, sour faced troll..

 

[slowmotion]

I hear that the inside of the caravan is coming along nicely.....

 

[slowmotion]

[QUOTE 4909492, member: 76"]OK, I can see @Hill Wimp and @Fab Foodie but who is the dude in the stripes and neck ruff?[/QUOTE]
I'm not sure. Could it be @User? Fabbers seems to be quite well represented, tooting his trumpet at the top.

 

[slowmotion]

[QUOTE 4909502, member: 76"]I always imagined @User to be more ..........

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You are labouring under a massive misapprehension. The painting has him down to a T.

 

[lutonloony]

My dad was an enthusiastic wood turner. He gave me some hours of his time to try and teach me. I have a bowl and clock surround that I made with him. They're not brilliant, but I have the memory of time shared with him

 

[Hill Wimp]

You are not entirely wrong. @Hill Wimp's initial effort is not exactly perfect. It is however gloriously imperfect and, sight unseen, I am prepared to bet serious money that subsequent efforts will be way way better.

It's not finished yet

 

[Salty seadog]

@Hill Wimp of this parish is currently 'turning' her hand to spoon carving and is currently whittling away like mad at her first spoon. She keeps mentioning lathes and future workshops which is a tad worrying....

Anyhow, on the advice of Charlotte Barnes of yacf ( who once delivered a masterclass on spoon carving that I attended) I bought Wimpers some kit for her Birthday.

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And now she happy as larry when I've got wood and she can get to work on it....

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Anyone else out there?

That's a Fab gift.

 

[Fab Foodie]

It's not finished yet

Work in progress and giving Wimpers plenty of tool-time...

 

[Dirk]

My Father in law is into turning, and I've had an afternoons play under his tutelage......

Paging @Fnaar .....

 

[Crackle]

Let us know when she's finished the wooden effigy of User46386

 

[Bazzer]

My suggestion would be to not restrict yourself to spoons, but go where your feelings take you.

Not great pictures, but something I made for daughter 2.

Her birth stone/gem is apparently pearl, but an oyster shell doesn't look interesting, so I made it a scallop and put a single pearl in it.

 

[keithmac]

Let us know when she's finished the wooden effigy of User46386

Seems a shame wasting all that time making it when all you're going to do is burn it .

 

[Reynard]

I enjoy puttering about with wood as I have a steady enough supply from the garden. I've make wands, rune sets and athames for some Wiccan friends and a few fun bits for me including a cat marionette called Mr Plonkypaws.

 

[Crackle]

So Mrs Potsy says...

There's a mrs Potsy!

 

[Hill Wimp]

Well no one has actually seen her