Hollow

A landscape photo of a river. The sun is about 20° from the horizon on the left hand side. It is obscured by clouds and has an orange hue. There are mountains which have some fog on them spanning from the middle to the right of the image. The river itself takes up majority of the frame and in its reflection you can see the sun and mountains ad well as the trees that line it's bank.

Went for a walk.

It is a very good way to relax, nothing else seems to cut it for me. Wood recommend.

Behold! 56 minutes of slowly making woodchips, condensed to just under 2 minutes of very quickly making woodchips. Toward the end, I found a fairly large crack which spans about 3cm. Shockingly, this is less than optimal. I hope my wood glue is thin enough to go through a hypodermic needle.

Had to speed it up to 6000 percent to get it just under 2 minutes. Not worth it man, way too much jitter. If I had a tripod, it might be tolerable, but I only have a headmount available to me. In hindsight, it was a very foolish idea.
I'll try recording again using my music stand to hold the camera.

Ready to start the visor. I've recorded almost the whole process this far. I'll see how fast I can speed it up. And then I'll look into getting a cute furry to dance in the corner. Hopefully I can condence 3 hours to less than 2 minutes in a way that doesn't trigger epilepsy.

A protogens side profile drawn into a block of Queensland Maple (Flindersia Brayleyana). This wood is absolutely stunning, but I want to hide the really gorgeous grain from you, so side profile for now. It's also a lot nicer to carve than I originally thought.

Work has begun on the newest member of my little proot collection. I tried recording this tiny bit with my neolithic-era GoPro to see if it still works. Unsurprisingly, it's some of the most boring slop you'll ever watch. I'll have to sprinkle in a couple hours of paint drying to keep it interesting

A Japanese dovetail saw about 1/4 of the way through a large block of Queensland Maple.

I'm going to need a bigger saw. Just kidding, I'm very stubborn. This one block 120mm thick, that saw is best for 60mm. I'll just take a break at the halfway point and hope the saw doesn't notice it's the same block. Also, this saw is for dovetails. I don't support animal cruelty though.

I hope you got yours in time, it's not a pretty sentence if you get caught!

A green tree frog at the bottom of a rain gauge. If you look really closely, you can see a licence to cute on it.

A little green tree frog snuck into the rain gauge. It's got a cutie licence, so I can't evict it.

Didn't work :(

I'll make a new one when I've got more scrap wood. But I'm fresh out of scrap wood. I want to try using a block of Queensland maple for my next project. It'll be the old bread and butter, a Protogen. Same shape as the Jarrah one because of its aerodynamic proportions.

I'm so happy it made it to you safe and sound. I know it's in good hands!

A Celtic knot hanging from some rope. It's made from Northern Silky Oak.

The Celtic knot is done!
This took way longer to make than I anticipated. I'll hang it from the rearview mirror... Maybe it'll balance out the roo bar and spotties. You won't be able to see it, but it'll be there.

The tail of a freshwater crocodile sticks out from some tall grass. You can see it's head around centre frame.

Bush bashing through some scrub and stumbled across this little guy. It's Freshwater Crocodile. Their cousins, salt water crocs, are the ones to look out for. Freshies are mostly harmless, but they're still not to be messed with, even this juvenile.

After months of research, I can confidently conclude that watching scary videos while woodcarving is NOT a good idea.

Further findings suggest I have the combined IQ of all known inhabitants of the Mariana trench (0), and will not learn from past mistakes.

Modified a precision blade into a little goblin shark chisel. It works and it's cheaper than buying specialist tools.

A Celtic knot in a piece of wood.

The epoxy is still curing, so I started this Celtic knot. It's a bit small. Very small. I don't have tools tiny enough to sand out the holes. I'm going to look for abrasive cord.

My end goal is something I can hang off my rear view mirror. I'm in desperate need of a projectile for when I crash.

I've tried regular wood glue twice now, not enough surface area for it to stick properly. I've submerged the cracked part in epoxy resin. This should work a little better.

A heart pendant made from Northern Silky Oak. It dangles from cotton yarn.

The heart pendant is done. I didn't have any nice cord laying around so I used my knitting yarn. They'll likely replace it with leather.

A heart shape made from wood

Finally got started on the pendant.

A wooden ring held in a bench vice. It has a crack running along splitting it in twain.

It's a bit unclear in the image, but the ring has a crack in it. I was expecting this to happen at some point. It's split along the end grain. I've enjoyed wearing it and I'll try to fix it.

A heart drawn on a block of wood. Do not let the lack of reference size fool you, it is only 4x3cm

A friend commissioned me to make a pendant for his partner. I'm officially 1 tinny richer.

Thank you so much!

The paw is done. Carved from N. Silky Oak and finished with Beeswax and polished with Carnauba wax. I am very happy with the results.

#furryart #furry #paw #paws

A paw sitting on a scrunched up cloth. Very fancy, like an 'Eau de Toilette' ad. You know, where they drop the perfume bottle on a piece of fabric and it scrunched up and looks fancy. That's what I was going for. Why the hell do they call light perfume 'toilet water' but french. Who the hell sprays themselves down with toilet water to smell better.

I've been trying to photograph the paw for a while now, I can't figure out how to make it look 'good' through the photos. It's getting late and my phone's almost out of charge. I'll experiment with taking videos of it tomorrow.

Until then, here is the best photo i managed to get.

A woodcarved paw held by a gloved hand.

Almost done, just have to sand everything to spec and finish.

Also, new gloves. And new username.

That can be arranged :)

Started cutting away the top of the paw. Starting to look decent.

A block of mahogany. The left third is ebonised with Iron(II) Acetate and tea (Yorkshire gold). The middle third is raw untreated wood and the right third is treated with Iron(II) Acetate.

A little experiment with some home made ebonising solution. The left was pre-treated with tea.

Pros: It worked. Easy to apply and worked quickly.

Cons: It smells like rust and vinegar. I don't know where to use this. It obscures the grain a little too much.

A block of wood which just so happens to have paw beans carved into it.

The beans have been carved. Lucky I had all those images for, you know... Reference.

A cap made from Northern Silky Oak.

The plastic cap on my precision knife gave up the ghost a while ago. This is a replacement cap made from Silky Oak. I must admit, it is a little oversized. I prefer things to be a bit thicker. There is no good way to word that sentence, I tried.