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Offline stuckinthemud

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Just finished
« 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


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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Just finished
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2018, 11:32:12 am »
Teriffic carving, bet that took a lot of re-honing!
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Re: Just finished
« Reply #2 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.
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Re: Just finished
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2018, 04:08:17 pm »
Excellentl, stick. That's beautiful.  Perhaps walnut next tine?
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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Just finished
« Reply #4 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.
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Re: Just finished
« Reply #5 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 :-)
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Offline Jodocus

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Re: Just finished
« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2018, 01:15:40 pm »
sweet carving, nice work!
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Offline TrevorM

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Re: Just finished
« Reply #7 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.
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Re: Just finished
« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2018, 03:57:46 am »
Nice work
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Offline BrianS

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Re: Just finished
« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2018, 06:28:16 am »
Beautiful work.
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Offline YosemiteBen

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Re: Just finished
« Reply #10 on: May 11, 2018, 09:44:38 am »
Just WOW!
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Offline stuckinthemud

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Re: Just finished
« Reply #11 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
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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Just finished
« Reply #12 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!
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