Crafty Litsters show your work!

[midwestyankee]

Since this thread came at my suggestion, perhaps I should step in with a little something.

I started working with wood to accomplish two things: cure boredom while I was staying home as the primary caregiver for our youngest, who was an infant and to exorcise demons from junior high school shop class. I designed and built the first clock of this type about 18 months after I started teaching myself woodworking. It's made of cherry and walnut. The clock face is cherry with walnut inserts at the four cardinal points. The joinery is box joints, made on a router table. I've made a dozen or so variations on this design (with different wood species), all as gifts. This one was recently donated to a local charity auction.

 

[myinnerslut]

<snip>MIS asked if I would post some of her work.<snip>

thanks

so there are some pictures.

nice clock MWY

 

[midwestyankee]

Every crafty thing that has been posted to this thread amazes me (well, aside from my little clock).

Gracie - that's a remarkably expressive face in your sculpture.

CM, you have a rare gift and I hope that you are able to bless the world with it for as long as you live.

Netz, I also noticed the resemblance between your digital waif and your av and smiled. It's not here, but you already know that I think that your jewelry work is just gorgeous.

Etoile, I promise to go look at your knit work as soon as this post is up. ETA: This was an amazingly life-like knit cat. How did you do it?

Chelleb, I'm hungry now, ten minutes after breakfast. Scrumptious and elegant cakes, oh my!

Keroin, how do I sign on as a fence-builder's helper? I'd love to get to work on such gorgeous wood in settings like that?

MIS, thanks for sharing your work with us. I love the expression on the dancer's face.

 

[Homburg]

Some random stuff I've done:

Sharpie on MIS. I have shown this before.

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A choker I was working on. It unfortunately did not survive the phase where I caaaaarefully burn off the fuzzy bits. Like a dog, it went WOOF.

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Necklace done in Viking Weave with silver wire.

(I am also oddly happy with how this pic came out. The reflection, the wire, the imperfections in my work table, etc add up to a visually interesting image for me.)

 

[Homburg]

MIS, thanks for sharing your work with us. I love the expression on the dancer's face.

The expression was my favourite part as well.

 

[WriterDom]

My photography. I call this "Ecstasy"

 

[midwestyankee]

My photography. I call this "Ecstasy"

You have a spunky sort of artistic sensibility, WD.

 

[CutieMouse]

Since this thread came at my suggestion, perhaps I should step in with a little something.

I started working with wood to accomplish two things: cure boredom while I was staying home as the primary caregiver for our youngest, who was an infant and to exorcise demons from junior high school shop class. I designed and built the first clock of this type about 18 months after I started teaching myself woodworking. It's made of cherry and walnut. The clock face is cherry with walnut inserts at the four cardinal points. The joinery is box joints, made on a router table. I've made a dozen or so variations on this design (with different wood species), all as gifts. This one was recently donated to a local charity auction.

That made me smile.

I grew up sweeping sawdust in my dad's wood shop [the garage]. Every time we moved, we took this huge bin of scrap wood with us, because dad said he never knew when he's need a piece of mahogany or rosewood or whatever was in there.

 

[Daddy2mylilgirl]

A bracelet I made for My girl for Our anniversary.

It is just a simple weave of my favorite color and her's.

 

[Netzach]

Since this thread came at my suggestion, perhaps I should step in with a little something.

I started working with wood to accomplish two things: cure boredom while I was staying home as the primary caregiver for our youngest, who was an infant and to exorcise demons from junior high school shop class. I designed and built the first clock of this type about 18 months after I started teaching myself woodworking. It's made of cherry and walnut. The clock face is cherry with walnut inserts at the four cardinal points. The joinery is box joints, made on a router table. I've made a dozen or so variations on this design (with different wood species), all as gifts. This one was recently donated to a local charity auction.

That's amazing.



Woodworking was the class that kicked my ass so so so hard. We had to hand saw all our joinery. I cried. I bled. I didn't quite finish my table, but thank God, passed. So I know what goes into this kind of thing, whereas Keroin's stuff is just mystifying huh, people do that, it's like construction pixies as far as I know.


It was still freaking *book arts* that almost cost me half a fingertip, all said and done.

 

[midwestyankee]

That's amazing.



Woodworking was the class that kicked my ass so so so hard. We had to hand saw all our joinery. I cried. I bled. I didn't quite finish my table, but thank God, passed. So I know what goes into this kind of thing, whereas Keroin's stuff is just mystifying huh, people do that, it's like construction pixies as far as I know.


It was still freaking *book arts* that almost cost me half a fingertip, all said and done.

Netz, thanks for the compliment. I'm currently taking a woodworking class that is kicking my ass for the same reason: we're hand cutting all of our joints and none of mine come remotely close to fitting. That's okay, though, because it's a prerequisite for the next two classes, in which we use machines to do the precision work. First project will be a side table and then the next class focuses on an end table with dovetailed drawer.

 

[midwestyankee]

Once more, into the breach.

This clock is based on a design made by Thomas Moser, from his book How to Make Shaker Furniture. This was my first woodworking book. The nutcracker behind the bottom door takes up space where there ought to be a pendulum. Except that I modified the case dimensions to suit a battery-powered movement and none of them worked well enough. Thus, no pendulum.

All cherry.

 

[WriterDom]

My brother does some amazing things. He hand carves hardwood bowls. And paints. He is semi retired now and really should become an artist. I think anyway. He's stuck below Atlanta in a huge house when no houses in Atlanta are selling at the moment. Taxes are eating him up.

 

[Keroin]

MIS asked if I would post some of her work.

Here is a drawing MIS did for me before we were even together. The original hangs above my desk. (Apologies for the crappy editing, but I'm working with limited tools right now and don't want her signature showing)

And this is a painting she did recently. There is an old glass patio door against the wall behind the table she uses here as a desk. The cinderblocks behind it were visually blah, so she asked if she could spruce up the door. I agreed, and this was the result.

Here are pics taken while it was being painted, for those who might like that sort of thing.

Love the glass painting. The expression on the face of the sun reminds me of Gracie's sculpture.

Since this thread came at my suggestion, perhaps I should step in with a little something.

I started working with wood to accomplish two things: cure boredom while I was staying home as the primary caregiver for our youngest, who was an infant and to exorcise demons from junior high school shop class. I designed and built the first clock of this type about 18 months after I started teaching myself woodworking. It's made of cherry and walnut. The clock face is cherry with walnut inserts at the four cardinal points. The joinery is box joints, made on a router table. I've made a dozen or so variations on this design (with different wood species), all as gifts. This one was recently donated to a local charity auction.

Lovely, lovely clock, MWY. Seriously, that's the kind of clock I would put in my home...if I had a home.

Chuck loves woodworking. He built his own kayak once. Sorry, don't have any photos. Me, I'm a hack. Good with 2x4's and a sliding compound miter but that's about it. I think I wouldn't have the patience for anything as delicate as what you've done.

Some random stuff I've done:

Sharpie on MIS. I have shown this before.

A choker I was working on. It unfortunately did not survive the phase where I caaaaarefully burn off the fuzzy bits. Like a dog, it went WOOF.

Necklace done in Viking Weave with silver wire.

(I am also oddly happy with how this pic came out. The reflection, the wire, the imperfections in my work table, etc add up to a visually interesting image for me.)

Wow, H, I had no idea you were so artistically inclined! Have you ever done real tattoos?

A bracelet I made for My girl for Our anniversary.

It is just a simple weave of my favorite color and her's.

She must have loved it!

That's amazing.

Woodworking was the class that kicked my ass so so so hard. We had to hand saw all our joinery. I cried. I bled. I didn't quite finish my table, but thank God, passed. So I know what goes into this kind of thing, whereas Keroin's stuff is just mystifying huh, people do that, it's like construction pixies as far as I know.

It was still freaking *book arts* that almost cost me half a fingertip, all said and done.

I love big construction, especially reno work, which fulfills both my need to be artsy and my need to demolish and smash things. Win, win.

(The first time I got to use a jack hammer I was borderline orgasmic).

 

[00Syd]

(Alot of these are already posted on that other knitting thread, so if youve already seen them, bear with me)

Alright, so, this is the embroidery that I am currently working on: http://twitpic.com/9lr0r

It is of this film still from some 50s sci fi movie (not sure which one): http://twitpic.com/2xian

Here is a close up of the now completed grass: http://twitpic.com/9lr53

Here are some in progress photos: http://twitpic.com/308xu and http://twitpic.com/7s1na

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This is one I've completed: http://twitpic.com/2s9o2 It is the logo from the 60s TV show The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

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Another old embroidery, it's of a Japanese style wave: http://twitpic.com/2xa68

Here are some in progress photos: http://twitpic.com/2xa4y and http://twitpic.com/2xa5h

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And this is my first real piece of embroidery. It is of a Tiki in a tropical jungle: http://twitpic.com/2xa40

Here are some in progress shots: http://twitpic.com/2xa2x and http://twitpic.com/2xa3c

 

[Netzach]

in progress

just for shits and giggles, same image, another day. This process is hideously slow and annoying. The upside is that I go through reams of paper in errors and overpainting and blah that I can just kill here without wasting anything.

 

[Keroin]

(Alot of these are already posted on that other knitting thread, so if youve already seen them, bear with me)

Alright, so, this is the embroidery that I am currently working on: http://twitpic.com/9lr0r

It is of this film still from some 50s sci fi movie (not sure which one): http://twitpic.com/2xian

Here is a close up of the now completed grass: http://twitpic.com/9lr53

Here are some in progress photos: http://twitpic.com/308xu and http://twitpic.com/7s1na

***

This is one I've completed: http://twitpic.com/2s9o2 It is the logo from the 60s TV show The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

***

Another old embroidery, it's of a Japanese style wave: http://twitpic.com/2xa68

Here are some in progress photos: http://twitpic.com/2xa4y and http://twitpic.com/2xa5h

***

And this is my first real piece of embroidery. It is of a Tiki in a tropical jungle: http://twitpic.com/2xa40

Here are some in progress shots: http://twitpic.com/2xa2x and http://twitpic.com/2xa3c

The Japanese wave was my favourite but I loved the Tiki for it's GRRRRR factor!

 

[Netzach]

I love the movie still. They're all great, but that one's so obscure.

 

[00Syd]

The Japanese wave was my favourite but I loved the Tiki for it's GRRRRR factor!

Haha I tried to make it as GRRR as possible.

I love the movie still. They're all great, but that one's so obscure.

Thanks! At first I had sketched this: http://irishgothichorrorjournal.homestead.com/gort_lg.jpg But then realized that it would be absolutely impossible to do the gray scale.

I want to do one of Elvis next.

 

[graceanne]

I decorate cakes as a hobby.

www.chellescakes.com

Beautiful. I tried to learn to do that, once, but I can't bake for shit, so I gave up.

This one's a before-and-after deck rebuild K and crew did. The house needed to be rebuilt, too.

Before...

After...

I'm surprised we ever finished this one, as the single, female, property manager took a liking to the two guys and was forever showing up with baked goods and cleavage.

I love construction, and have told K before that I consider it art. K does hard wood floors, and sometimes puts this designs in different colored wood that is just BEAUTIFUL. I've got pictures somewhere of a floor he did. If I can find them I'll post them.

MIS asked if I would post some of her work.

Here is a drawing MIS did for me before we were even together. The original hangs above my desk. (Apologies for the crappy editing, but I'm working with limited tools right now and don't want her signature showing)

Beautiful. I especially like the charcoal drawing.

Since this thread came at my suggestion, perhaps I should step in with a little something.

I started working with wood to accomplish two things: cure boredom while I was staying home as the primary caregiver for our youngest, who was an infant and to exorcise demons from junior high school shop class. I designed and built the first clock of this type about 18 months after I started teaching myself woodworking. It's made of cherry and walnut. The clock face is cherry with walnut inserts at the four cardinal points. The joinery is box joints, made on a router table. I've made a dozen or so variations on this design (with different wood species), all as gifts. This one was recently donated to a local charity auction.

Ooh. I like.

Some random stuff I've done:

Sharpie on MIS. I have shown this before.

--

A choker I was working on. It unfortunately did not survive the phase where I caaaaarefully burn off the fuzzy bits. Like a dog, it went WOOF.

--

Necklace done in Viking Weave with silver wire.

(I am also oddly happy with how this pic came out. The reflection, the wire, the imperfections in my work table, etc add up to a visually interesting image for me.)

I'm jealous. I'd love to learn to make jewelry, but I never have the money for startup costs. lol

 

[graceanne]

Gracie - that's a remarkably expressive face in your sculpture.

Thank you. I can't wait to share my medusa - she's SO much better. You can totally tell that I'd been taking sculpture all year when I made her.

 

[Homburg]

Wow, H, I had no idea you were so artistically inclined! Have you ever done real tattoos?

No, though I've been asked that a couple of times. I'm not really good enough at illo, in my opinion. I was tempted recently when a local tattoo and piercing shop advertised for part-time apprentices.

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I'm jealous. I'd love to learn to make jewelry, but I never have the money for startup costs. lol

It wasn't all that expensive. Little bits and bobs can be picked up piecemeal. It's not the cheap way to buy them, but it spreads the impact out.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Y'all are good. I wish I had some creativity in me... <sigh>

 

[DiscusDave]

I studied abroad in Tanzania this fall, and during my time out in the bush doing research I sometimes had a lot of free time while in camp. So about 6 hours spread over 3 or 4 days got me this carving.

This was a monkey I carved into the top of a stick I found.

Here's one side...

And here's the other, where you can see how I made his tale wrap around the stick...

Not the greatest, but some good work for such minimal time.

 

[nh23]

I do scrapbooking. I have some pics of some of the pages I've done, but I'm not sure about posting them. They are pics of my kids..and this is a porn board. Maybe tomorrow I'll post them for just a short while.