My husband carved this ‘bird’ out of a piece of drift wood we found during a trip to the San Juan Islands. He gave it to me for my birthday, with the disclaimer that it wasn’t quite finished yet. But I love how ‘not done’ it looks, how it just embraces what nature has already carved into the wood, so I begged him to please keep it as is. Coming from a long line of carvers in his family, he was used to working in a more realistic way, but is now inspired to try more in this natural style.
1 neatly rolled up
2 from the side (with room to expand)
3 peek a boo
4 open
5 twill tape going through slits cut into the felt
6 my own carving attempts
I’d love for him to do more, but he hardly had any tools, so for his birthday I made him this knife roll. I used industrial felt, upholstery linen and twill tape. Cut slits for the ribbon, hand stitched the linen … sort of ‘carved’ my own piece, without much thought of a ‘how to’. I then added a few tools and a certificate to go buy some more knives (and yes, I made him give me a penny, as I am ever so slightly superstitious about giving knives). I hope it inspires many more beautiful pieces.
As for more tool holders, take a look at Steph’s brilliant needle organizers.
