Things Doris Made Past and Present

[Doris]

Hi Guys,

I thought I would finally get round to making a thread showcasing some of my carvings I have done.

Wooden Fruit turned and carved from Ash with walnut stems

Nativity Scene, stable made from old floorboards with glass painted background and figures carved from birch.

Tree of Life made from old cedar cladding https://gracesilverwood.wordpress.com/2 ... ackground/

Oak Robins, with walnut bills

Relief carving for my cousin's wedding day https://gracesilverwood.wordpress.com/w ... june-2014/

Tree cake stand made from softwood. https://gracesilverwood.wordpress.com/2 ... ke-stands/

 

[Doris]

Noah's Ark, the hull carved from an solid oak worktop. https://gracesilverwood.wordpress.com/2 ... noahs-ark/

Some of the animals made from ash and lime.

3 Wise Men carved from Silver Birch

Reindeer, carved from Oak, with copper wire antlers

Polar bears, made from Softwood offcuts

Dog, Oak and Walnut ball

 

[Doris]

My half finished latest commission. A cat carved from sapele

 

[woodpig]

All good but I particularly like the Robins and the Cherries for some reason! Thanks for posting.

 

[gwaithcoed]

WOW they are excellent, you must be very proud of them. I've watched woodcarvers at various shows that I've been to but I don't think I would have the patience or the skills to do something like that

Thank you for posting them.

Alan.

 

[Doris]

Thanks guys for your kind words. I very much appreciate it.

 

[Doris]

Whale carved from solid oak.

 

[Doris]

Time to update this thread I think....

Elephant made from Oak, with birch tusks it's transformation can be seen in the youtube link below





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ky1cbbv644

Made this dragon from the offcut with walnut wings for a good friend of mine. She loves dragons and is always on her phone, so I thought I would depict her as a dragon doing what she loves best.

 

[Doris]

My second Noahs Ark, which I donated to the local sunday school, so not as delicate as the first one I did,





Trojan Horse made from Walnut kitchen worktop offcuts with hand carved soilders out of lime. Probably the most enjoyable project I have done so far.







Videos of it can be seen here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbN6AqnNjpU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDUnMdC_9kQ



More to follow.....

 

[Jacob]

Your Noahs arks are very nice.

 

[Racers]

Love the polar bears.


Pete

 

[Doris]

Thanks guys.

My last big project was this rocking horse, made in the shape of a giraffe.







It's working progress can be seen here
https://gracesilverwood.wordpress.com/2 ... ing-horse/

Also a film I made of its test run with my nieces and nephew
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[Doris]

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Latest one just finished. Wooden baby Biplane mobile. All scratch built.

 

[NazNomad]

I love that mobile ...

 

[ColeyS1]

The giraffe is really good ! Love to see it in action.

Coley

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[Nelsun]

Smashing. I take it that's what the hook photo on FB was for then!

 

[Doris]

Smashing. I take it that's what the hook photo on FB was for then!

Thank you! It was indeed. I mounted a load of them around my house

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[ColeyS1]

I must have missed the giraffe video- only just spotted it. It's even better seeing it in use !!!! How did you get the patchy giraffe colours, is it painted on ? Either way it looks really effective.

Coley

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[monkeybiter]

Great mobile, I think the rotating/blow-able propellers adds an extra dimension, complex shapes for a little-un to comprehend.

 

[Doris]

I must have missed the giraffe video- only just spotted it. It's even better seeing it in use !!!! How did you get the patchy giraffe colours, is it painted on ? Either way it looks really effective.

Coley

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Thank you. I used some mahogany stain and a small brush to paint on the patches. It looked better before it was oiled as I think the stain wiped off a bit afterwards

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