Family Hobbies

[HmooseK]

@aftermidnight

To be honest, I am like a Moose in a China closet. I was having vision issues for a long time and my wife had to thread my needles, but I was able to piddle along at my own speed. That Broach took me near bouts of a week, but most people could do it in a few hours. My wife still makes jewelry and she's a lot better than me. The next time she makes something, I'll get her to snap a picture.

She and I both love to fly fish, but she don't care much about fly tying.

 

[journey11]

Wow, Annette, those vases are amazing! I am a sucker for a beautiful wood grain. I feel a tinge of regret every time I toss a piece of spalted maple into the woodstove. I wish I had your husband's talent to make something out of it!

I was going to post this box I painted, so it makes more sense to post it here. These are some items I made for a wedding next Saturday. I would have looked for a golden latch to put on the front and a bit of evergreen to go with the bow, but it was short notice. It started out as a cheap, white satin covered cardboard box from the party store. The writing is painted by hand, all done with acrylics.

I guess they are having a woodland wedding. Sounds lovely. I think I would have liked to have had one myself, had it been the thing at that time, lol.

 

[journey11]

Welcome to TEG, @HmooseK !
I like your pretty brooch! I make jewelry too.

 

[aftermidnight]

Hmmm, I wrote a long winded post, hit submit and only part of it appeared so I deleted it, sooooo, I will keep it short and sweet this time.

@journey11 that box is really lovely, I'm sure they will treasure it, I know I would. My handwriting sometimes I can't even read what I write.
When hubby bought his first lathe he turned what we had, alder firewood. He came across some that had spalted so started out with that.
I have a couple of the first pieces he turned, a hurricane lamp, the base turned out of alder and a bowl also alder which I still use to hold a ball of wool when I'm either knitting or crocheting. These are 20 years old give or take a year, the little bowl has a few dings in it, alder is soft and both of these have darkened with age. These are two of my prized possessions The last dozen years he turned he only turned maple but he turned different kinds of wood the first few years.
Being a perfectionist when it came to his wood turnings if he wasn't happy with it he'd saw it in halve and throw it on the fire pile before I could get my hands on it .
One of the rejects I managed to snatch is a little hollow form which is sitting on a shelf in the garden room, wrens like to make a nest in it.

I'm glad I started this thread, look at all the hidden talents popping up we didn't know each other had .

Annette

 

[Collector]

@journey11, that box is awesome, they can use it for family keepsakes and pass it on.

 

[Carol Dee]

I thought I'd start a thread on family hobbies, I'll start off with a couple of ours. My hubby comes from a family that loved to work with wood and it has passed down from generation to generation.
Hubby didn't start turning until after he retired but he turned some lovely pieces, I have a few but most have been sold. Unfortunately arthritis has taken it's toll and he doesn't do much anymore. Here's a few, I did manage to snatch a lamp similar to the one below .
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Burl Vase...............................................................Fiddleback Maple Vase

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Maple Burl....................................................Maple Burl

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Fiddleback Maple

#2 son is a wood carver, I only have a picture of one of his carvings in my photo album, not the one he won the Canadian fish carving championship with one year but it's not too shabby either, every bit of it is carved out of wood.
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I'm sure you guys have some hidden talents tucked away, can we see them, please, pretty please. Me I just play in the dirt .

Annette

WOW Those are fantastic wood turnings and the fish are AWARD winning! So realistic. My Dad also took up wood carving and won several wards. I posted them here on TEG some where ?

 

[Carol Dee]

Famil hobbies, so many... it is a wonder we get any paying work done! LOL Myself. Paper craft/card making, jewelry, chair caning, flower garden, knitting, basket weaving, starting to quilt. (And collecting more supplies than I can ever use!)
Hubby's hobbies are: woodcarving, bees, vegetable garden and fruit trees.
Time to retire and play all day! LOL Yeah right.

 

[aftermidnight]

@Carol Dee I remember that string of fish, if you hadn't told us your dad carved them, I had to have a second look, I thought they were real.

Annette

 

[Carol Dee]

@Carol Dee I remember that string of fish, if you hadn't told us your dad carved them, I had to have a second look, I thought they were real.

Annette

He was good. I miss him so much.

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

I thought I'd start a thread on family hobbies, I'll start off with a couple of ours. My hubby comes from a family that loved to work with wood and it has passed down from generation to generation.
Hubby didn't start turning until after he retired but he turned some lovely pieces, I have a few but most have been sold. Unfortunately arthritis has taken it's toll and he doesn't do much anymore. Here's a few, I did manage to snatch a lamp similar to the one below .
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Burl Vase...............................................................Fiddleback Maple Vase

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Fiddleback Maple Vase,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Fiddleback Maple Vase

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Maple Burl....................................................Maple Burl

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Fiddleback Maple

#2 son is a wood carver, I only have a picture of one of his carvings in my photo album, not the one he won the Canadian fish carving championship with one year but it's not too shabby either, every bit of it is carved out of wood.
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I'm sure you guys have some hidden talents tucked away, can we see them, please, pretty please. Me I just play in the dirt .

Annette

That’s amazing, both your husband and son!