My post about the Moravian stool is now the 3rd most-viewed of my blogs. Woodworkers see the variety and beauty of the different species. My husband started turning mini-goblets out of different wood species to display. It is fascinating.
Though my husband enjoys using hand tools, he has done projects with his lathe and power tools. I am uninformed about woodworking techniques, but I am the happy recipient of many of the end-products.
Several years ago he and some friends harvested mesquite on a friend’s ranch in Texas. Hubby tried his hand at woodcarving on these bookends. He built himself toolboxes.
Sometimes a “junky” piece of wood hides character. With the hand of the wood turner, something beautiful emerges.
Sort of how God can take our weaknesses and flaws when we submit to Him and creates people who demonstrate His glory and power.
Many items are small, but there have been pieces of furniture, too.
The most ambitious pieces were the desk and the hutch.
A great advantage to custom-made furniture is that you select interesting grain to feature such as the drawer fronts of the cherry hutch.
My husband’s most recent experiment has been to take the silhouettes of pottery pieces found in archaeology throughout the Middle East and make them in wood. The shapes are beautiful no matter the medium.
I am lucky to have such a talented and creative spouse.
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