Well, I’ve finally had some time to get back out to the shop in the last couple of days, and I’ve been trying out the adze and crooked knives I got for Christmas. The adze is to the left of the below image, the “not so crooked knife” and traditional crooked knife to the right.
I’ve been working on a freeform sculpture in some Alaskan Yellow Cedar I bought on eBay. Been caught up in the Northwest coast art (totem poles, etc) for a few months now, and decided I’d like to try my hand. I didn’t do any measuring on this sculpture as I normally would, just eyeballed on the block of wood. I used a paint can and WD-40 can to trace the circles with.
Working with these tools is very physical. I feel like my right forearm is going to be huge in a couple of weeks if I stick with it. It’s been pretty therapeutic to hack away at the wood with all the family stuff that’s been going on. Nice to just find a rhythm and space out a little. It also generates a lot of wood chips. This is about 30 minutes’ worth:
Gabe Says:
February 27th, 2006 at 6:41 amVisit Gabe
Looks like fun!