[Nfb-krafters-korner] Walking sticks (and Diamond Willow)

Blindhands at aol.com Blindhands at aol.com
Mon Mar 12 20:47:00 UTC 2012 

If you are planning on a coat rack please do give us a little more  detail. 
 As you described this I created a picture in my mind.  I need  to know a 
little more.  So is this going to be the rod that you hang the  hangers off 
of?
 
Another question:
Do you need to sand this down so it is uniformily  smooth?
 
Joyce  Kane
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Blindhands at AOL.com 
 

 
In a message dated 3/11/2012 2:04:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
terrencevane at gmail.com writes:

That's  one of the things I want to learn to carve. I just took my carving 
class  yesterday and now have about 2-3 feet of diamond willow that I'm 
going to make  into a coat rack. It's a fascinating wood as it has all these 
"diamonds" where  branches have fallen off. So the first task in carving 
diamond willow is to go  in and clean out all the "diamonds". They end up 
producing dips in the wood  once they're cleaned out. Then you go in and sand the 
whole length of the  staff, including the cleaned-out diamonds. 
Diamonds can be anywhere from  as small as a pea (in which case you just 
sand like crazy and get this little  "eye" looking out, all the way to nearly 
as wide as your fist--some even  longer than that! And the depths are 
different, too-some are barely an 8? of  an inch deep, others go down at least 
half an inch. I've even seen a few that  went down over an inch deep! These 
diamonds really add character to the stick,  aside from any carving one might 
choose to add. 

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On  Mar 9, 2012, at 7:46 PM, "Susan Roe" <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>  wrote:

> My sister is self-taught regarding all of her  carving.  She started off 
carving cookie presses which were the first  kind of cookie cutters in the 
1700's.
> 
> She has several wood  working and carving magazines along with specific 
books highlighting master  carver techniques that she uses as references.  
They are an on-going  reference collection for her along with the (we won't 
count them) reference  books and texts that she has accumulated over 30 plus 
years for her drawing  and painting references.  I gave her a book on dog 
breeds of the world  for her reference library.
> 
> Her tools are all small hand  carving tools which include things like 
scoops, chizzles, blades, gouges,  files etc.  She also uses a small 
battery/electric Drimmal drill with  several attachments.  She is looking to do some 
bone carving and has  gotten a few ideas for pendants that could be in either 
wood or bone, but I  won't let her carve bone in the house.  It produces 
fine splinter like  shards that become airborne and since I have already been 
in the hospital  twice in October with bloodclots in my lungs, that is a 
project she can sit on  the front porch with.
> 
> Pattie is also teaching my husband to  carve a walking stick.
> 
> Susan
>  dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise  Shaible" 
<denise.shaible at att.net>
> To: "List for blind crafters  and artists" 
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday,  March 08, 2012 12:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Carved  Wooden Jewlery
> 
> 
>>        Susan,
>> 
>> How did she learn how to do jewelry?   I've done some wood working but I 
used some heavy duty saws.  What type  of tools does she use?  I'd love to 
know. Wood working is so fun.   I'm sure it takes lots of routing or sanding 
to make the wood smooth,  especially with jewelry.  Okay, I just thought 
I'd ask these  questions.  Oh, one more thing.  Does your sister know of any 
place  to take classes in this type of wood working?  Have a great  day.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>>  Denise
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: Powers, Terry  (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]
>> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 6:59 AM
>>  To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
>> Subject: Re:  [Nfb-krafters-korner] Carved Wooden Jewlery
>> 
>> Sounds  beautiful!
>> 
>> Terry
>> 
>>  
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Susan Roe  [mailto:dogwoodfarm at verizon.net]
>> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012  11:47 PM
>> To: qubit; List for blind crafters and  artists
>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Carved Wooden  Jewlery
>> 
>> At the moment, she has done pins and  pendents.  She is currently 
working on a technique that will allow her to  carve two interlocking hearts and 
she will make a floating pendent if it works  out.
>> 
>> Susan
>>  dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>  From: "qubit" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>
>> To: "List for blind  crafters and artists" 
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent:  Thursday, March 01, 2012 3:06 PM
>> Subject: Re:  [Nfb-krafters-korner] Membership Special 4 Krafters Korner
>>  
>> 
>>> Susan --
>>> What kind of jewelry  does your sister do? I'd be interested in 
purchasing
>>> wood  carved jewelry, depending on the type.
>>> Just curious.   Thanx.
>>> --le
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From:  "Susan Roe" 
<dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>
>>> To: "List for  blind crafters and artists"  
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, March  01, 2012 3:46 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Membership  Special 4 Krafters Korner
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  Wood carving is my sister's specialty and she has won several
>>>  compotitions.
>>> She does walking stafs and canes, cutting  boards, 3 domentional 
figures,
>>> placks, boxes, carved foot  stools, Christmas Tree ornaments and is now
>>>  doing
>>> some jewlery.
>>> 
>>>  Susan
>>> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>>> ----- Original  Message ----- From: "Terrence van Ettinger"  
<terrencevane at gmail.com>
>>> To: "List for blind crafters  and artists" 
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent:  Thursday, March 01, 2012 12:43 PM
>>> Subject: Re:  [Nfb-krafters-korner] Membership Special 4 Krafters Korner
>>>  
>>> 
>>>> I need to come back; I'm actually  starting off with taking a diamond
>>>> willow carving class  locally next weekend. We took a couple of our
>>>> clients over  to a woodworking exhibition that was being held in one of
>>>>  the malls in town, and I found out they were having carving  classes
>>>> next week. Well that's something I've wanted to  try for a long
>>>> time--so after work I ran home, grabbed  cash, and went back to sign
>>>> up! '-D Anyway, I get paid  tomorrow so will revive my membership here.
>>>> Also I'm going  to be having some schedule changes that will make
>>>> classes  more doable sometime here in the near future. '-) More on  
that
>>>> perhaps when I'm not on this  computer.
>>>> 
>>>> On 3/1/12,  Blindhands at aol.com <Blindhands at aol.com> wrote:
>>>>>  March 1st kicks off the Krafters Korner Membership Special.  PayPal  
is
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