Following a few discussions Ive had about gypsy flowers recently I - TopicsExpress



          

Following a few discussions Ive had about gypsy flowers recently I took some shots of my technique to share. As you can see Im using a shave horse and small Svante Djarv drawknife rather than the knife/knee technique. The wood is Buddliea or Elder (I think, theyre all mixed up with the willow..) but Hazel or Willow also work well. The photos should show a sequence from a stick with bark peeled off, petal making then making shorter petals to fill the center of the flower and the finished article. This example is quite small. I tend to favour the drawknife bevel up for larger stock but these seemed to work better bevel down. The stems are seasoned. My original inspiration to make flowers came from seeing a Sean Hellman YouTube video. Pics as promised Doug & Jon. James P, RE our Spoonfest chat :-)
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 10:12:19 +0000

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