As a carver, I like to carve. I’m not too fond of joinery. Darn it, I want to carve wood! But when you make lovely things for people, you sometimes have to make things that close: box and chest lids or tops. A box or chest that doesn’t close properly is not functional, and you won’t make any sales. When someone orders a special case, the person who buys it will be mad when they discover it won’t close.
So, the carver must learn enough carpentry and joinery to be successful.
This is good: your creative abilities stretch, You expand your practical skills, and people order things. You make money. And you are artistically satisfied and financially better off.
All from doing what you’d prefer not to do.
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They are quite stunning – the display cabinets.
Outstanding, Lou.
Beautiful pieces!
I bet it smells fantastic when you open the lid…
Interesting comment. the chests are made from non-aromatic woods, so have very little inherent odor, but after a while I noticed that lots of people would smell them. So I’d place a small teabag sized sachet of rosemary, cedar or something similar to make them smell good.
These are beautiful.
Thanks, they were fun to do. The fussy part was doing the inlay for the small boat portraits.
Lovely work, Lou!