Scraphappy – Wood scraps
Bits and pieces
At the beginning of September, I travelled to Oregon, where I carved a dolly from scraps of at least three different kinds of wood – a Head-and-body of possibly Kauri; arms and legs made from cherry dowels; and…
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Floradora Smiles
Before Face
In 2020, one of my lovely wooden-doll-carving friends sent me a dogwood blank to carve since we were prevented from getting together by the pandemic lockdown. I did manage to extract Floradora from the wood, though dogwood is one of the hardest woods I have ever carved. I loved her very much, but I thought she ended up a little serious and remote. So this year, when my carving friends were at last able to meet in person again, I brought Floradora with me, hoping to put a smile on her face and cute her up a little – this is her face before I changed anything…
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Rainbow Garden Green
Sweet Peas
This day is about green…but Perdita wanted to show you how perfectly her sweet pea dress matches the sweet pea flowers, and after all the pea halums are green, and Perdita’s Palo Santo wood is quite green!
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