last week ended unexpectedly with a sick kiddo, but here they are finally finished toy tool sets for the young woodworker’s apprentice . I’ve listed a couple sets today and will probably be able to finish of two or three more sets with the remaining beautiful walnut that i’ve been working with.
i’ll also have another finished project to share later on this week too… hope you’re having a great week and enjoying gorgeous spring weather!
well it shouldn’t have come as a surprise …
that anna would take interest in a little fish,
how could she know, it wasn’t made for her ….
but for other curious little hands of baby, after all anna’s pretty little paws can’t shake a little rattle …
while the little fish tell about the undersea adventures and other such fishy tales, today I’ll have a few new toys to finish for the little ones again … though that’s not likely to make our dear anna any less curious ….
…. with the piece of a puzzle, the whole is formed….
on one of those quiet weeks …. just beginning to feel right after days home sick … and ready for a little something special …..
my daughter picked up this project…. made from the most simple of templates found in this book ….she set out on her own to make several felt balls.
as she sat quietly …. picking up pieces ….arranging the parts this way and the other ….making shapes and stitching together the little felt diamonds …. she began to see … little star pockets one way and rounded balls another ….
happy chance encounters with the softest of geometry (sometimes to the count of 6 and other times to the count of 10) …
the shapes and pieces that form the whole though simple ….
…. made from a wonderful afternoon full of discovery.
I have been wanting to add a weekly process feature to “Whither Will I Wander” for a long time … sharing traditions of woodworking, toy making, and of old and perhaps forgotten artistry .
Hope you enjoy today’s post sharing a still living history of the the handmade wooden toy in three far away workshops….
