@wrenburd.bsky.social
Wood-worker and “mean toy” maker, bibliophile, adventurer, poet, solo hermit, queer-mudgeon, two-spirit, Leather.
Lovely pecan bat with studded side, simple, effective, and so pretty! This beauty was turned while the wood was still green, then sealed to trap the water weight in. Has a sweet thud and pretty enough to be displayed as an art piece!
28.02.2025 17:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cherry bat cut into zig zagged side with multiple striking surfaces. Accented with small brass nails, this beauty is easy to swing and doesn’t tire the wrist 😏 Gotta love our “lazy Dom/me” toys!!
28.02.2025 01:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New shillelagh!
Made from sycamore, this cane stands right at 31” tall with a significant curve, which works to your advantage! Weighted heavy impact with the head of this can will be sure to mark satisfactorily. Accented with brown leather strap and collar with antiqued nails.
Pretty new Texas cedar hand paddle, made with wood harvested from the Texas Vikings Festival grounds with permission. Studded with arrowhead design and finished with spikes and leather strap, this beauty is guaranteed to leave marks!
26.02.2025 22:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Three new dragon tongue slappies!
Longest (middle) is 36”, others are 24”, these are perfect for close up play. Each with natural handles, one with studs on the leather, one with rainbow stitching, these are pretty enough to hang on the walls as decor between sessions.
Finally got my brand in!! Two feathers for this two-spirit soul 😻
26.02.2025 22:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Handsome old grouch, life is good when you’re owned by a house panther 😻
26.02.2025 18:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Inset with lapis lazuli and studded with copper, this blade-shaped cherry paddle was an experiment that turned out better than anticipated. Not my absolute favorite but swings beautifully and is so pretty hanging on the wall 😻
26.02.2025 14:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
80 year old cherry wood that sat in a barn for over 50 years. Gorgeous etched axe design carved and painted, accented with burnished nail heads and finished with a black leather handle. Multiple striking surfaces makes for a versatile toy!
25.02.2025 13:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Ornate feather paddle accentuated with carved swirls and charred edges, studded with antiqued nails
24.02.2025 14:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
925 silver barbed wire collar with padlock
24.02.2025 14:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Beautiful orange leather collars in various colors, back is connected with small lockable padlock
24.02.2025 14:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Starting to experiment with silvercrafting, ring held by barbed wire
21.02.2025 01:55 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My table at SPLF 2024, with my book Slick by Wren Bates and a few of my impact toys!
19.02.2025 17:46 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The shop is my happy place ❤️
18.02.2025 19:49 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Built-in pecan branch climbing and scratching post with cedar shelves so they can reach the cabinet above. Miss Squish loves it but Yuki couldn’t care less 😹
18.02.2025 19:49 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Gorgeous leather and stainless steel cilices, studded and dyed. So dainty and gentle!! 😈 Cilices are one of my favorite things to make just because the design took me so long to get right. They aren’t perfect and I’m looking for how to improve them!
18.02.2025 02:38 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Some of the first feather paddles I made, all oak and hand-stained. The one in natural colors was only heat treated to bring out the grain then studded with decorative nails. All sold, but so fun to reminisce!!
18.02.2025 02:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New dragons tongue with reinforced tip and decorative handle ❤️ Pretty enough to display as an art piece between uses!
14.02.2025 16:53 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Experiment with painting on cloth, and adding ribbons. Ribbon shirts are underrepresented out there and I’d much rather wear one than a ribbon skirt. This one was done in the trans flag colors and gifted to a great friend ❤️
14.02.2025 16:52 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
First tries with feather-shaped paddles in oak and mesquite. Experimenting with rainbow stains is so much fun and makes me feel like a sparkly unicorn 🦄
13.02.2025 02:23 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Black leather dragon’s tongue with rainbow stitching and metal studs, turned mesquite handle. Sold.
13.02.2025 02:20 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New!
Two beautiful new mini-clubs for your beating pleasure, natural sides left to shine with their unique beauty. One with sharp and vicious spikes that will definitely draw blood 😈
Cleaning bug “dirt” from the crevices in a wild-harvested piece of pecan before completing the piece. Taking the time to learn the ins and outs of every piece of wood I work with is one of my favorite parts of what I do ❤️
11.02.2025 15:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Beautiful little mesquite altar bowl made from a lightning-struck tree about 40 feet from my front door. Lots of chaotic universe energy in this one, and so gorgeous! Mesquite is absolutely my fave wood to work with.
11.02.2025 15:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thank you!! I am really stoked with how they turned out!
11.02.2025 15:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Cute cane whips with mesquite and oak handles, mean as can be and a favorite to make!! Braided heavy cable encased in plastic, easy to sanitize and leaves the best marks 😈
10.02.2025 20:19 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bat and bowl from the pecan orchard I live under, my beast of a lathe named Jodi after my grandma, and newish face shield!! Gotta find a way to clean the shields better soon, they don’t stay immaculate for very long.
10.02.2025 20:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My second cane (this one 33.5”) from vine-twisted saplings on the property I live on. Shillelagh-styled cane with moose hide leather stitched handle and accents. Rainbow thread corset stitching and studded with black and ornamental nails.
See video in comments!
