Grandaughters Curio Clock, Wedding gift

Dick: I am quickly becoming a fan of your work. Please tell me that the beautiful scene behind you with the lake in the background is not the view you get to look at everyday.

Thanks for posting this great looking project,
Mark

-- Mark DeCou - American Contemporary Craft Artisan - www.decoustudio.com

Mark:
Thanks, I live at this beautiful place all summer since retiring. Our cabin is on a peninsula with 500 feet of shoreline. Lots of privacy. I didn’t show all the background of photo. I cropped it. It would be my pleasure to show some more images, if I could.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Wow, I would have never guessed you could get such nice lumber out of an old railroad tie – at least not the ones in my neck of the woods. I really appreciate it when we can give new life to seemingly useless or discarded old materials – especially when the finished project looks this good. You’ve got me keeping my eyes open for hidden treasures (hiding in plain sight) more in my daily travels.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Van Gogh -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

A widow of an old friend was cleaning out her garage. Where she found 3 old unused railroad ties piled against the wall, under a pille of stuff. Knowing I was addicted to wood, she gave me a call. I was there in a flash. They must had been there for for at least 30 years. There was hardly a knot or defect in them. So i’ve been gradually whittling away at this supply for quite awhile now.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Amazing what a little imagination will inspire. Every time I return to this sight I’m enlighten to new ways to look at materials that can produce beautiful treasures for those we love. Thanks for sharing your gift to your grandaughter and for inspiring us all to look at great ways to reclaim lumber. Since our 6th grandaughter will be arriving soon I am always looking for ideas and inspiration. Again thanks for sharing. – Mike

-- Mike, Maryland, www.thewoodenquill.com

If you haven’t noticed, I changed one picture, that shows what the original curio cabinet plan looked like.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Way to take the ball and run with it! I love the look/contrasts of the woods you used even more now.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Van Gogh -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Dick, another outstanding job in woodworking. This is wood making artwork. Beautiful. Dick, how long have you been making sawdust?

-- Carpe Lignum; Tornare Lignum (Seize the wood, to Turn the wood)

Thanks PJ,
I guess I would have to say, most of my life. I’m now 75. My Dad built a new home in 1935, & I remember sawing wooden lath scraps, pounding nails into them. I had a couple of years of woodwork in junior high school. I was always whittling on sticks, but I never did any serious carving until about 35 years ago.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1