Projects...
Apr. 29th, 2004 10:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
senoritafishWhee! John got a commission for one of his boxes! VT's anniversary is coming up, their fifth - which is wood - and she remembered John made little boxes. Her husband had admired some handmade ones on their trip to Italy, but declined them as being too expensive and ornate.
I brought in some that he had made recently with different kinds of woods. She wanted a dark, plain box, about 4"x6"x3", and finally decided on bloodwood. She advanced him $20 for materials, since that's considered an exotic, and he doesn't have any on hand. It's larger than he usually makes, too. It has to be done before the 15th, so that'll keep him busy in the garage after I get home from work for the next couple of weeks. He spent last evening drawing up plans for it.
Beth also wanted him to make a spoon holder for a teaspoon of her mother's; she wants to keep it on her desk at work. That'll be a gift though, for all the medical crap she's gone through lately.
My project this weekend will be to actually plant a bunch of gladiola and dahlia bulbs I was given at my garden club meeting Monday night. Plus some succulent cuttings someone left at work. Angus and Gareth have both said they want to help, too. Any excuse to dig in the planters for them. Maybe I'll actually cultivate some interest in gardening in them. ;-)
Edit: You can see the finished pieces here:
Box - Bloodwood prooved too expensive, so it was changed to cherry.
Spoon holder - bloodwood and cherry, made from scraps of both.
I brought in some that he had made recently with different kinds of woods. She wanted a dark, plain box, about 4"x6"x3", and finally decided on bloodwood. She advanced him $20 for materials, since that's considered an exotic, and he doesn't have any on hand. It's larger than he usually makes, too. It has to be done before the 15th, so that'll keep him busy in the garage after I get home from work for the next couple of weeks. He spent last evening drawing up plans for it.
Beth also wanted him to make a spoon holder for a teaspoon of her mother's; she wants to keep it on her desk at work. That'll be a gift though, for all the medical crap she's gone through lately.
My project this weekend will be to actually plant a bunch of gladiola and dahlia bulbs I was given at my garden club meeting Monday night. Plus some succulent cuttings someone left at work. Angus and Gareth have both said they want to help, too. Any excuse to dig in the planters for them. Maybe I'll actually cultivate some interest in gardening in them. ;-)
Edit: You can see the finished pieces here:
Box - Bloodwood prooved too expensive, so it was changed to cherry.
Spoon holder - bloodwood and cherry, made from scraps of both.
