ebinmaine 67,515 #1 Posted November 10, 2022 The Local Craft Department has been at it again. Trina made up a couple beautiful pieces over the last few days. For scale the envelope in the pics is 11½ x 9. The first is a sign for the new shop building. The wood is a piece of hemlock she very carefully free-hand sliced off the top of a laying tree with her battery powered chainsaw. It's about a ½" thick on the heavier side. The bear and letters are traced stencil drawings. The coloring is all wood burning with various tips for effects. There's a hanging wire on the back that's offset to account for balance and level set on the wall. This next one is just. .... Well the pics don't do it justice by a large margin. Our friend's birthday was 11/8. Trina wanted to make something special and very useful. This friend very much enjoys scale modeling so Trina made a brush and supplies holder. This friend has a very special attachment to a particular mountain we've shared in our vacation pics. It'll look familiar to some of you. The large brown bump in the middle is Big Spencer Mountain. The pond in the foreground is in several of Trina's pics as well. The small brown bump on the right of the drawn part is Little Spencer Mountain. Here is the how it's done section. This is a hemlock tree base Trina chose for size and shape and cut down. It's maybe 3" across the top face L to R. The area above the red line she carefully shaved the bark to bare wood. The area between the two lines is the inner bark. The area below the blue one is of course still fully covered with bark. She then HAND DREW the mountains and pond using colored pencil and wood burning. All the holes are hand controlled drilling (no drill press). Sizing was done on a "bout right" scale. Both above pieces are soaked in preservatives. @formariz Caz I know you'll really like these and I'm sure many others as well. 5 7 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 25,563 #2 Posted November 10, 2022 Wow... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sjoemie himself 3,068 #3 Posted November 10, 2022 (edited) Great artist your SO is @ebinmaine The landscape kinda reminds me of a Bob Ross painting Edited November 10, 2022 by sjoemie himself 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,987 #4 Posted November 10, 2022 Very nice . Great imagination. Good idea on the brush holder. Good for small tools and files also. I am going to use her idea. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,515 #5 Posted November 10, 2022 35 minutes ago, formariz said: Very nice . Great imagination. Good idea on the brush holder. Good for small tools and files also. I am going to use her idea. Please do post that when you do. She'd love to see it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,987 #6 Posted November 11, 2022 21 hours ago, ebinmaine said: Trina wanted to make something special and very useful. Not to hijack your post but something on the subject of gifts and giving. We are a time that when presenting someone with a gift for whatever the occasion may be, the "norm" is to buy something and even a so called gift certificate. Specifically those ,they are a very impersonal ,almost obligation gesture. When one thinks about it they are really meaningless. However the thought of creating something specifically for someone with our hands and our time, reflects not only the importance of the recipient but more importantly the character of the donor. It does not have to be a work of art although Trina's certainly is, but it is from the heart. Young children do that when giving us parents, and grandparents gifts. Somehow that genuine feeling seems to disappear when they become adults. Its a shame that happens but it is refreshing when we see an adult do that. We constantly remind our own of the importance of such gesture not only for the recipients but also for themselves and their feelings of fulfillment. Our place is plastered with such gifts some from my son's when they were children. Unlike something bought they were never discarded. 1 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,515 #7 Posted November 12, 2022 17 hours ago, formariz said: Not to hijack your post Caz never be concerned about doing so. (Anyone else either.) Your sentiment above is very well stated. Thank you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lee1977 6,662 #8 Posted November 14, 2022 I'll add an ideal. my neighbor and I built a few Hummimgbird houses last summer. He made a bunch of the round ones and I made the 8-side ones. [/url The inside bore is 1 1/2" with a 1" hole Thgere a guy down in Kpinne area that makes them for the North Carolina Magzine to sell. " 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,515 #9 Posted November 14, 2022 5 hours ago, Lee1977 said: Hummimgbird houses VERY nice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
