I was busy with the Cigar Box Guitar build today.
Did everything I could on it, up to a point, then I ran out of stuff to do, and did not want to start making the new Diddley Bow, as there is too much dust around.
I dug out a building block from my stash of weird "I am sure I will use it sometime" pile.
I had found it up on the farm a few months ago, on their road repairs pile of building rubble that they crush and break to fill holes on the roads and to stop tractors sinking in etc.
This was actually inspired by DeliDave when I visited him and saw the stuff he had carved from blocks and various other materials.
So I drew a basic TIKI face onto it, and went and sat on the stair outside the shed (Trust me it was cold) and started gently chisseling away the bits I did not want.
This carving I did as a surprise for Nicola, who once again has tolerated me and my getting sucked into making stuff and losing touch with reality.
It will be a garden ornament in one of her garden beds and allowed to age and get covered with moss over time.
Brought it into the house once done and plonked it in the kitchen on the table and called Nicola, who seemed pretty pleased with it.
I tried to photograph it, but the flash tends to mess with it, and without flash its a bit dark in the kitchen.
Hope to get back onto the Cigar Box Guitar build tomorrow then.
Did everything I could on it, up to a point, then I ran out of stuff to do, and did not want to start making the new Diddley Bow, as there is too much dust around.
I dug out a building block from my stash of weird "I am sure I will use it sometime" pile.
I had found it up on the farm a few months ago, on their road repairs pile of building rubble that they crush and break to fill holes on the roads and to stop tractors sinking in etc.
This was actually inspired by DeliDave when I visited him and saw the stuff he had carved from blocks and various other materials.
So I drew a basic TIKI face onto it, and went and sat on the stair outside the shed (Trust me it was cold) and started gently chisseling away the bits I did not want.
This carving I did as a surprise for Nicola, who once again has tolerated me and my getting sucked into making stuff and losing touch with reality.
It will be a garden ornament in one of her garden beds and allowed to age and get covered with moss over time.
Brought it into the house once done and plonked it in the kitchen on the table and called Nicola, who seemed pretty pleased with it.
I tried to photograph it, but the flash tends to mess with it, and without flash its a bit dark in the kitchen.
Hope to get back onto the Cigar Box Guitar build tomorrow then.