My Woodworking Hobby
Everyone likes wood! I don't know anyone who doesn't like wood.
Everyone I talk to says "Yeah, I like to do so and so with wood" and seems to have
a wood-related hobby of their own. There is some special kinship
we feel with fallen trees and the making of things from them.
From Christ, the carpenter, to Leanardo DeVinci, to the cabinet
maker down the street, to the guy building a deck in his back yard,
manipulating wood, even just touching it, seems to evoke some
primordial sense in us.
In my case, my affair with wood has led me to create a
few objects. I started with
Carvings.
My first carving,
Lillies
was a gift I made to my father, to express that I too
shared the kinship with wood that he, and his father
before had (Granpa was a saw-sharpener back in Colorado,
amongst other things).
More recently, I have started making wooden
Boxes.
I find it utterly fascinating to create something
that is both functional and nice to look at.
I've also made a few other things that don't fit into the "carving" or "box" categories.
I've made a few pieces of furniture, and I like to make picture frames as well.
Above, you can see a Spoon Cabinet
I made.
You can click here
or on the picture above to see other Furniture and Picture Frames that I have made.
You can find out more about my carving and box making
hobbies by clicking on the pictures above, or on the links below.
Should you find yourself interested enough, you might
also want to check out my
Workshop
or some of the links
that I have gathered from the web regarding woodworking.
I hope you enjoy these pages and the objects they
celebrate as much as I have enjoyed creating them.
- Pat
Click on the links below to find out more about:
Boxes I've made
Carvings I've made
my Workshop
Intersting Woodworking Links
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