This is a wooden mold for gingerbread. It used to be in many cottages in our cantry. This one belonged to my great-grandmother and could be some hundret of years old. This was one of my very first carvings about three
years ago. Now I made this carving again and hope it is a little better than the first one.
It is realy very easy and I would like to invite you to follow.
Stuff preparation.
You need only one chisel and one knife. And you carve layer by layer. (I need a little more than an hour.)
...and so on, and so on…
An arch, a hole and a little of sanding.
Do not exagerate the sanding. It´s an antiquity (copy). Today I would like to finish the sanding, make a coat by soneflower oil and send it as project. Simplicity of itself, isn´t it?
Yours Jiri Parkman
PS: Sory for my english.
-- Jiri



























16 comments so far
Jiri Parkman
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posted 661 days ago
By the way. I doesn´t harm to have some rolls in the shop. One never knows…
-- Jiri
romansfivefive
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posted 661 days ago
the molds are a great idea. Don’t apologize, your english is great.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 661 days ago
well you made it LOOK easy to do!!
(and yummy)
What a wonderful story as well.
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
Scott Bryan
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posted 661 days ago
Good job Jiri. MsDebbieP is right in that you make it look like “a piece of cake” or should I say roll in this case. Carving is a gift for those that are artistically inclined. This was not one of my gifts in life and I admire those who have this ability. But I can tell you without a doubt I would be intimidated by the thought of attempting something like this.
Do not apologize for your english. It is excellent. In fact it is far better than my Czechoslovakian.
Thanks for the post.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
rikkor
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posted 661 days ago
Your English is fine, Jiri. Thanks for posting the blog.
Grumpy
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posted 661 days ago
Thanks for sharing Juri. You colud have been a pattern maker, nice job. Don’t worry about you english, you did well.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
John Gray
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posted 661 days ago
Beautiful job wish I was that talented.
-- Only the Shadow knows....................
matter
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posted 661 days ago
Incredible. Beautiful work, and a great tutorial.
Now I just need to figure out how to make gingerbread….
-- The only easy wood project is a fire
matter
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posted 661 days ago
Also, A beautiful vice on your bench.
-- The only easy wood project is a fire
gene
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posted 661 days ago
Juri, This was a really nice post. Very interesting. I’d say that it is nice to have something that old ,still in the family and you carrying on the tradition. Looking forward to future post from you.
God bless
-- Gene, a Christian in Virginia
Jiri Parkman
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posted 661 days ago
LJs thanks for your comments. It´s pleasant to read I´m talented. You exagerate nicely. It´s only a little patience. Thank you.
-- Jiri
MsDebbieP
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posted 660 days ago
hahaa “exagerate nicely”...
we weren’t exaggerating!! Fantastic job
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
gizmodyne
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posted 660 days ago
Very interesting. Can you make us some gingerbread as well? Keep up the posts.
-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne
woodup
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posted 657 days ago
Great Project! I think carving is facinating and to bring together the historical function of this piece with carving is great! Thanks for sharing.
-- Michael, Fort Worth, TX. "I wood if I could!"
StickmanCliff
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posted 656 days ago
Nice work! I would love to see the gingerbread result too!! How do these get used to make gingerbread?
-- Stickman Cliff
Jiri Parkman
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posted 655 days ago
Thanks friends. I´ll tray to persuade my vife to make some gingerbread.
-- Jiri