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milkweedman · 1 year

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Need everybody to look at this sickass mini spindle i just whittled.

It's from a small stick i found that had worms in the bark (hence the shapes at the base), dried sap (red streak) and then some incredible spalting (gray streaks, early sign of decay but doesnt affect functionality). And then on the inner rings little speckles, which i'd guess are vascular structures but im not an arborist so i cant say for sure. The wood was also obligingly easy to carve, so i was able to do some delicate shaping on the bulb even though it's a very small spindle.

Haven't used it yet, hoping it spins as well as the other mini spindle. Even if it doesnt that would be ok tho, im so happy with the form and the beauty of the wood that it would make a good art piece.

#have been working with split wood and batons from the hardware store too much recently #bc i dont have any good branches atm #and i had forgotten how much nicer it is to work with branches #you dont get this kind of coloring all in one spindle on thicker sections of wood #so split wood is pretty boring to work with and also a lot harder to carve bc of the grain #spindle making #whittling #supported spindle #spinning

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