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Had the most amazing experience on Saturday. Was dropping off a couple plush mages to the store that sells them for me downtown, because a couple had sold over the past few weeks and I try to be a good supplier.
It only takes a few minutes and I'd already paid for parking, so I decided to linger and look around the shop a bit, because it's a cool place where there's always a chance something new has arrived if you haven't been there for over a week. It's fantastic. If you told me there was some actual magic in this place I'd believe you, and I've been in the employees-only area.
Which is why I was present, leafing curiously through a book on the making of the movie Chicken Run, to hear a guy behind me loudly proclaim, "Forty dollars for this?! I could make this!" I'm aware that the things in this store can be pricy, but also that a lot of the stock is made by local crafters, like me, meaning prices can be a bit higher due to the fact that you're getting something hand-crafted instead of mass-produced. So I turn around to see what he's complaining about.
And this guy is holding a wooden wand that is unique, one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted from solid wood. All things I know at a glance because, as it happens, I'm not the only person in my family who sells stuff at this store... my dad does as well. And he's the one who made that wand.
Now here's the thing. My dad's part of the local woodturner's group, wood turning being a method of carving that involves spinning a chunk of wood on a high-speed lathe while holding a bit of sharp metal against it until it turns into a wand, bowl, cup, vase, what-have-you. It's a highly-skilled craft that requires a lot of practice and and specialized tools, which he picked up after retiring but before going back to work, and he's been practicing and perfecting the required skills for at least fifteen years. If he likes (and he does like), he can get a wooden sphere carved and polished to such a sheen and smoothness that it both reflects the light and feels like plastic, which is highly impressive on a technical scale and extremely disconcerting on a tactile one.
And this guy just said one of his pieces wasn't worth the price on the tag because 'he could do it too.' Which, as any crafter knows, is not the sort of statement fellow crafters make at volume.
Now, I'm a reasonable sort of trickster. As I said, my dad's part of a woodturning group, I'm well-aware that there genuinely are other people in this area who are as skilled as, if not more skilled than, my dad. Maybe he's just a skilled creep or disagrees with the pricing. So I turn to the guy and go, "Oh? It took my dad a couple years to learn how to make those."
To which he smiles at me and asks if I know what kind of wood the wand is made of.
"Purple Heart."
"Wow, you really know your stuff!"
I stare at him for a moment, because 1) Purple Heart wood is literally the easiest wood to identify on the planet because, as the name suggests, it's actually purple, which is a thing woods generally are not. And also 2) he has apparently not grasped that the reason I know this is because my father made the thing he is holding.
I do not say these things. Instead I clue him in on the situation he's in by saying, "Yes, my dad made that wand."
"Oh. Um. Thank-you!" he holds out his hand.
I look at the hand, then at him. "For what?"
"For your dad!"
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...I do not shake his hand, and I'm beginning to suspect that this guy does, indeed, not have any clue what he's talking about when he said he could make this himself. But I could be wrong. He could just be socially awkward, I get that. So time for the final question. With a polite smile that no customer yet has been able to tell is completely fake, I ask, "Are you part of the local woodturner's group?"
"The what?"
"The local woodturner's group," I repeat, "My dad turned that wand by hand, on a lathe."
Guy, smiling, about to seal his own fate, "Ah. That is a tool I do not have."
Me, also smiling, because he's just proven beyond all shadow of a doubt that no he could not, in fact, make it himself. "Mm. And that's why it costs forty dollars."
You know, he didn't have anything to say to that?
Put a bit of a spring in my step as I left.
#my life#crafting woes#crafting community#vengeance is mine#wood turning#also just to be clear#any lathe worth using is going to set you back WELL past $40 even before you get to the rest of the tools and safety equipment you need#and that's without even getting into the time and material investment it takes to be able to make stuff with them
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took a wood turning class today and made this little bowl 😍
#currently#woodworking#wood turning#also we used carbide tools and omfg so cool#I loved it! I want to do it again
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A lovely surprise arrived in the mail – a hand-turned cup of claro walnut made my my nephew, Tyler. The cup is about 60 mm tall and 60 mm in diameter. It is perfect.
I think I'm going to assign it the mundane but useful task of holding colored pencil stubs on my work table.
#photographers on tumblr#objet d'art#hand-turned cup#claro walnut#unexpected gifts#handcraft#wood turning
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Have You Eaten Yet? (2016)
Mixed media sculpture - Plywood, maple veneer, laminated glass, spraypaint, cherry wood (hammer), leather
#wood#art#sculpture#woodworking#leather#leatherworking#wood turning#lathe#hammer#gavel#in case of emergency#break glass#broken glass#installation#public art#assemblage#design
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I made a thing!
Its my first time turning a burl.
#first time ive made something and felt proud of it ^-^#wood turning#im still learning#cant remember for the life of me what wood it is#burls#burl turning
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Hybride bowl and plate
#woodturning#wood#woodworking#art#lathe#resin#maple#resinart#burl#epoxy#wood turning#workshop#artist#artistsoninstagram#vase#wood lathe#youtube#resin art#walnut#woodshop
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I'm so incredibly proud of these and so happy that I was able to get them done in time! There's a bunch of imperfections and things I wish were better, but I'm chuffed as can be!
#brinconvenient#maker#maker space#woodworking#wood turning#wood working#builder brin workshop#builda brin workshop
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Spalted tamarind bowl I turned a couple weeks ago. Finished with Mylands friction polish.
This is my 5th bowl, just for fun. Making wood chips and dopamine, and sometimes even a bowl.
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P E N S
I have been making pens again lately.
#fountain pens#wood turning#wood working#pens#handmade pens#blood wood#cherry wood#tiger maple#Oregon Oak
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this video has all the tragedy, heartbreak, turmoil, and eventual success that of which you crave. watch this you coward, and find enlightenment.
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Doing some more wood turning while I'm visiting family. I brought my lathe and set it up in the garage, where I've been turning down pieces of branches I cut off a maple tree here last month.
Last night, I was feeling overstimulated by grandpa's tv so I taught myself to turn rings in place on a spindle. I'm pretty proud of myself, especially since I had to stop turning every 5 minutes to turn the garage door light on again.
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Stained Spinning Bowl
Hand turned oak bowl.
Measures 4.5" in diameter, 1.75" tall.
This bowl is made from White Oak. It is turned to shape with a small divot in the bottom center to be used as a spinning bowl. However, it works great for holding jewelry, keys, coins, or other small objects.
After turning the bowl, I sanded it smooth and used red, green, and yellow stains to accent the outside of it. The top rim of the bowl is slightly textured and wood burnt. It is finished with a custom wax.
#spinning bowl#spindle bowl#support spindle#ravelry#spindle#supported spindle#wood bowl#wood turning#dyed wood bowl#small bowl#jewelry bowl#change bowl#dresser bowl#dresser
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