Cheklov's Stuff

Literally just dropping a bunch of whorl pics! The silver on the cat painting should have been a bright metallic teal-blue, but alas, apparently putting it on raw wood just turns it a patchy, unsatisfactory silvery color. Cats look much better in this light! I am surprised by how much I like the An Tir populace whorl, but the derg and the spiral are pretty meh up close. Still, I'm sure someone would like them! The Celtic one was also successful, but very flat. Green Celtic (I started making more of my favorites at this point, can you tell?) in flat, before the sides have been painted. Green is still flat, but you can see how I went in and added highlights on the red with my orange paint, since pink would have looked weird. I wish I had enough colors to do shading to give it serious dimension, but alas, I am limited by the tools I have. Green with highlights! It'a amazing how much of a difference they make! I started doing some prep and paintin...

Drop spindles! More specifically, the drop spindles that I make - usually as SCA largess in little beginning drop spindle kits, but more recently and more specifically, the drop spindle I made for Kira so she can start learning. Getting crafty up in this household! My basic supplies are 3/8" hardwood dowels and wagon wheels - I have two types, and use different ones depending on what I'm doing - one of them can have more weight added easily, though only in the center, and the other makes a better base for decoration. (*note - not actual pics, just the closest I could shlorp out of google) Take your dowel, and after making sure you don't have a shitty one - an all too common issue - you wanna pick out a wheel that is a nice snug fit. If you plan on painting your dowel and wheel later, it doesn't hurt to have it a bit loose instead. Next, you need to carve out the point and the hook. Now, it's fully reasonable to just shove a metal hanger hook ...