| Project by Thor | posted 614 days ago | 303 views | 0 times favorited | 15 comments | ![]() |
Greetings,
I have been a lurker and a learner for quite some time now, and thought I might join in the fun.
I’m admittedly not much of a woodworker; more of a carver with hand tools, but I frequently build my carvings into benches, boxes, and other simple constructions.
This is a 6-sided box made out of pine with a boiled linseed / paste wax finish.
The design carved into it is an original design of a tree of life with Pictish symbolism of 6 of the 7 elements of life…fruit, reptiles, birds, mammals, fish, and insects.
Christina
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15 comments so far
MsDebbieP
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posted 614 days ago
what a beautiful carving!! I really like the symbolism
What will the box be used for?
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BassBully
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posted 614 days ago
Good Job. I’ve never used paste wax as a finish—sounds like something new to research.
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Karson
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posted 614 days ago
Very nice project Christina.
Welcome to the world of doers and not lurkers.
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 614 days ago
Very nice Christina.
Now lets show some of that other nice stuff you have lurking in the background.
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Bill
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posted 614 days ago
Nice job on the box Christina. Looks like you are a Lumberjock too.
-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com
Chip
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posted 614 days ago
Beautiful work Christina. What will you use a box shaped like that for if I may ask? And I have to admit, I am pretty taken by that house in the background. That staircase is something else. Very nice indeed. Thanks for sharing and welcome to Lumberjocks.
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mcsteff
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posted 614 days ago
Very nice work! If you’re not much of a woodworker, what does that make me??? Well done!
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CharlieM1958
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posted 614 days ago
That’s beautiful. Wish I had the patience (and talent) to carve.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Thor
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posted 613 days ago
Wow, I didn’t expect so many responses.
Well, first answer is that my boxes, and I have carved and built a few, are usually used by Medieval reenactors as part of their “kit”. In other words, they hide their sunscreen, and cameras, and cell phones, and stuff inside them while creating a pictorial setting of a medieval encampment. Others, sold through my gallery, have been used as everything from toilet paper holders to small end tables. They are 16” X 16” x the width of the board (11 1/2”).
The background of the photo is my husband’s and my studio building, and is kind of messy, but very functional. It measure about 12’ X 80’ with a 10’ overyhanging porch running the whole length. We live and work at our gallery in North GA near Amicalola Falls State Park.
Some of my other recent carvings can be seen on my web page at:
http://www.funkychickenartproject.com/white.htm
and Charlie, I wish I had the patience for the fine furniture buidling that I have seen on this site.
Christina
Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 613 days ago
Thor
Your website sure looks nice. Your work keeps getting better, & better.
I think you should post all of your stuff on Lumberjocks too.
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schroeder
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posted 613 days ago
Beautiful work!
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dennis mitchell
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posted 613 days ago
Nice box, I checked out you web site and really enjoyed your carvings. Please keep posting.
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Jeff
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posted 613 days ago
Great stuff on your site. I really like the driftwood spirt an the box with Thor’s hammer and Odin’s Ravens.
-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN
oscorner
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posted 611 days ago
Nice box and great carving. Thanks for sharing.
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Diane
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posted 609 days ago
What beautiful stuff, my dad took up craving in his last days, I have a carved ox head he did, it is pretty good since he had only started doing this. I have never done this but sure would enjoy watching you work or anyone that does this kind of thing. You are a real artist also when it comes with coming up with patterns to carve into your projects. I like the bead work too. If I had the chance to try this I probably would, I don’t think we have any club or classes here that deal with wood craving.
Diane
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