In other news - when chipping #buckthorn branches, those things really fight back. My forearms are very well scratched up.
That weed of a tree grows branches at crazy angles and they're always grabbing at you, hoping to kill you for fertilizer.
interestingly though, I found the wood to be rather nice for carving - though you don't often have a piece big enough to do much with.
A little project this morning, taking shape for an Xmas gift. Feed me!
I was fascinated to learn the weedy, problem tree/shrub, #buckthorn is a hardwood. It grows so fast and is so ornery, I won't have any hesitation to cut it back for #carving projects in future.
Modified a brush for a lovely lady out on the fossil digs with us. She likes gouge chip-carving, so tried my hand at a simple design. The handle wood was tougher than it looked. Gouge marks filled with epoxy to keep the dirt out.
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Woodwork from ten years ago, before I started woodturning. Both the horse and the building it adorns. In Norway, we call the technique
in these old type of viking houses "stavbygg».
I think chip carving is beautiful, but I don’t enjoy doing it. However, sometimes we get a wild idea and… well… looks like I’ll be doing chip carving!
Ready to paint and assemble.
