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Thank you, I envisaged re-doing this as a step-by-step tutorial as I think with instruction most woodworkers would be able to manage the project. It would be a long project but doable. Making the...

Nice design and clever solution to the short grain problem. There are some clever and attractive plastic toys around - But - when left around they ‘read’ as mess. Wooden toys however, ‘read’ as...

Construction is mostly meranti with other, more easily carved, timbers for details (Lilly-pilly andAfrican olive). The basic box structures that make up the construction have been shaped with rasps...

Oops, I just stated that the top was meranti, but I was thinking of another sculpted box I had made with all meranti. I didn’t know the timber I used for the top of this one, only knew it wasn’t red...

Thank you Alex. Not cedar, just meranti. I know that doesn’t mean much meranti coming in so many kinds. But every now and then you find a nicely figured piece which is almost always warped and...

No plans as such, designed on-the-fly. The mechanisms used are from ‘507 Mechanical Movements’ Dover Publications also on line ( printable diagrams and animations) 507 Mechanical Movements and...

‘Why’ is always a good question to ask. But don’t expect to be able to articulate easily a convincing case or a succinct one. I can understand but not fully, making by hand. I can understand but not...

This jigsaw puzzle made as a gift last Christmas ( which seems like about five years ago ) consists of a stylised owl picture rendered and coloured directly on hoop pine ply prior to cutting. The...

Nicely cut, neat workmanship.

This small lovespoon is carved from holly and finished with hard wax only.

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This heraldic shield is carved from an unknown timber and is displayed on a sculpted background piece of rock maple. It features an unusual combination of elements on the two contrasting pales; three...

This lovespoon is carved from Japanese maple featuring motifs of family significance to the client who commissioned it. The signature is a wounded (excavated knot in the timber) heart, bound with a...

This sculpted box is constructed from meranti with NSW Rosewood and unknown timber top. It is finished with a single coat of wiped-on, thinned polyurethane polished to dry with rottenstone before...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo1vPM9i3Sw

Here is a video showing the mechanism in action.

Not sure if this is truly an Automata. It is a sculpted, steampunk style box.

The lid of the box has built into it, a crank driven mechanism constructed from various timbers. The mechanism, by an...

Thank you Rob. I have no exact idea of the time taken but from photos and dates as much time as I could get on and off over February. I will be posting a step by step account of the process on my...

Just finished. Lovespoon carved from single piece of American curly cherry timber. Features chain links simple Celtic knotwork heart leading to the main feature dragon on the front of the lovespoon....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX6J1VK1XyY

Here is the Whimsical Wood title Automata in motion.

I have constructed this automata both as a learning exercise for making more in the future and to represent an intended re-make of my website and visual attraction at shows. I am a bit mechanically...

Congratulations, well done.

Absolutely beautiful, elegant work.

Congratulations Jeff on the recognition. But mostly on the high standard of work you have demonstrated with your daring and elegant designs, worked and finished with such sensitivity to your...

Nice work. It is sure to be appreciated.., but could result in more requests.

The lighter yellow parts are very lightly 'stained' (a wash of pigment really) but the raw Jelutong (last photo ) and the oil-finish-only states are slightly and then a little more yellowish anyway. ...

Thanks Copeau, no not Huon pine. The dragon and hearts Lovespoon example was Jelutong, as it was for a beginner's project and I thought Jelutong would be easily carved. It was!

I hadn't carved...

Thanks Rob, I haven't a lot of experience with Huon pine but if you are thinking of including the chain links you will have to work very carefully as it isn't all that strong when there is short...

Thank you for the kind comments Spiritwolfe, JJF and Featherwood. I think that at the water-soluble oils should work well with Huon pine, Featherwood. Can't wait to see what you will be able to do...

I haven' posted for quite a while, Facebook seems to produce a satiating effect on communication via forum, blog and website. Not a good thing.

Anyway here is a Lovespoon, one of a few example...

Beautiful, thoughtful and intelligent design carved with affection and sensitivity. The finish is just superb. Keep pushing the boundaries, we all depend on seeing good honest art and workmanship at...

Excellent carvings. And as others have said, cleanly and crisply carved, well executed delicate designs and beautifully finished.

Keeping a social presence with family while achieving something...

I have used both the Iron Core and the Razor Tip. My experience with them corresponds with NZ Carvers on one point but not the other. Yes the Razor Tip model is more ergonomic and you have the option...

Brilliant work! Each one so different, each one so good.

Woodwormer, I agree with all that has been said so far, even the things that are contradictory. My advice would be more contradictory still and that's because there are so many contexts, traditions...

I intend to be there on the Friday, so put me down for 12:00—13:00 please.

Thank you for your kind comments Featherwood. I can't say exactly how long as I was working on it on and off together with finishing a coloured pencil drawing, and calligraphy work and a pyrography...

Thanks Rob, It is pretty much the natural colour for Pittosporum undulatum (I can't spell), just a little artists oil colour, burnt sienna and black, washed into crevices to bring out the modelling.

As I feared, but most have politely ignored it.:D

It is my design, I can send you the pattern if you wish. It's just the front of the dragon though, I drew the prospecting tools etc directly onto the timber. I have been beginning to wonder when I...

This Dragon is a double sided relief carved from pittostrum. Finished with thinned polyurethane and wax. the stand with mirror is intended to allow viewing both sides. The dragon sits on a loose peg...

An outstanding body of work, consistently elegant, beautiful and lovingly carved.

Great example of intuitive craftsmanship and design resulting in a beautiful piece.

Thanks again for organising things Christos. Please put me down for 1:00pm to 2:00pm Friday.

David Stanley.

Mount Riverview Woodcrafters has one woodcarver in the group (I'm working on the others). We meet on the second and fourth wednesday each month from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Hawkesbury Woodcraft meets...

Put me down for 1:00pm - 2:00pm Saturday.

A very pleasing design.

Highly recommend this brilliantly written book and the other one on Grinling Gibbons as well.

Absolutely beautiful, the design and the exquisite carving. Plus a really nice drawing. This is inspiring stuff. Thanks.

You have put some time and effort into crafting a labour of love for someone special to you. The result has been a nicely designed and worked spoon from what must have been a difficult timber, but...

Well done, you have incorporated the design to the space with imagination and flair and have rendered it with a sensitive touch.

Thanks again everyone, for the positive comments.

'I have tried to get onto hoop pine ply but haven't been successfully. Would you tell me were I can get onto it please as well as Karrie ply. I...