Kanji Picture Frame

A picture frame for my mother-in-law, it's carved with my daughters name in Kanji (my wife is Japanese) with her birthdate and weight.  The frame is handmade.

Just for fun

Thor's not so mighty wooden mallet.

Carved Celtic Knot

A celtic cross pattern deep carved into pine, I really like the effect of this, will coat in polyurethane and polish up :)

Bedroom Plaques

Here are a couple of plaques I made Friday. Both are fairly simple.  They are both for childrens bedroom doors.  I repainted the skull and crossbones as originally it looked to polished, and I wanted it to look a bit rougher, so I tried to make sure that brush strokes showed and paint coverage was not perfect.

I have been busy with my new daughter but am now back on track for building and creating things :) Here are some of the items I have made recently.

Another Dovecote

Small Plaques

Personalised signs with handprints

Personalised gift box

A shop sign for Allcocks Outdoor Store

A Mondrian birdhouse for a very nice lady in Australia

Mayan calendar carved in acrylic

Sign for a friends Japanese Tea House

A large post

Acrylic mantle piece decoration

Twig Frame and interesting leaf

Twig and plant fibre frame.

  The framed leaf had a trail eaten in it that looked similar to Japanese kanji for the word Ka which means to transform or change.

Cat Bird Table

One of the only things I have built from someone else's plans, it was a request though so i had to do it.

Apparently the cat does not scare real birds away, but in my mind it could give them a false sense of security.

Blue and White, the new Black for birds

Dovecote

My first Dovecote.  Quite pleased with this, it stands 2.74 metres tall (9ft).  These are usually pole sunk and concreted, but the gentleman who asked for this wanted it to have a bird table style stand, this would normally not be strong enough but the central pole will be fixed into a ground stake to add stability in windy conditions.

Police Box circa 1960's

A Birdhouse in the shape of a British Police Box, requested by a friend WHO really likes seeing one of these on TV :) its definitely not a Time And Relative Dimensions In Space :)