Cocobolo and hickory are the woods used by Dave to make this beautiful pear whorl Takli spindle. A brass hook was added to the top, allowing for use as either a drop spindle or supported spindle. The weight of this handspinning tool is 1.3 ounces.
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Saturday
Mini Rim Weighted Olive Burl and Chechen Top Whorl Drop Spindle
Dave has crafted the 1 7/8 inch diameter notched whorl of this rim weighted top whorl drop spindle from olive burl, and the 7 1/4 inch shaft from chechen. A brass hook has been added to the top. The weight of this gorgeous rim weighted handspinning tool is 1.1 ounces (30 grams). Additional photos can be found in our Etsy shop.
Tuesday
Ebony and Pink Acrylic Laying Tool Stiletto
Dave has crafted this 5 inch laying tool out of ebony wood and very pink acrylic. The elegant fiber art tool is currently up for auction on Ebay.
Saturday
Lightweight Walnut Hand Distaff with Carved Checkering
This is a new handspinning tool for our Etsy shop! Beautiful carved checkering adorns the top of this walnut hand distaff. Weighting 2.0 ounces, this lightweight distaff would be a lovely addition to your handspinning tool collection.
Monday
Cocobolo and East Indian Rosewood Tibetan Support Spindle
This Tibetan support spindle is approximately 12 1/4 inches long and weighs 50g (1.8 ounces). The 2 inch whorl has been crafted from East Indian Rosewood and has been attached to a Cocobolo shaft. Additional photos can be found at the Etsy listing.
Saturday
Buffalo Bone Embroidery Laying Tool
Dave crafted this 5 inch embroidery thread laying tool out of Buffalo bone. It includes a point protector he made from Ebony. It is held on the tool by a common hair stretchy that you can easily replace yourself. An additional photo of this beautiful fiber art tool can be found at the Ebay auction listing.
Thursday
Bone Embroidery Thread Laying Tool & Tip Protector
This 5 1/4 inch laying tool was handcrafted by Dave from Buffalo bone. While he has made these before, this is the first where he has incorporated a point protector with the tool. The tip protector is turned from burl wood and attaches to the tool by means of an elastic stretch cord and lobster claw clasp. It is easily and quickly removable from the tool for use. Once finished just re-clasp and stretch the protector back in place. Easy Peezy!
This laying tool is currently up for auction on Ebay. More photos can be found at the auction listing.
Saturday
Carved Bone Embroidery Thread Laying Tool Stiletto
Dave handcrafted this 4 3/8 inch laying tool out of buffalo bone. This tool has been adorned with a tiny acorn finial. This piece has been initialed by Dave. To view an additional photo of this item, please click here to visit the Ebay auction.
Thursday
Handcrafted Bone Embroidery Laying Tool Stiletto
This 4 ¼ inch laying tool was handcrafted out of Buffalo Bone. It is initialed by Dave, the maker. If you would like to view an additional photo of this tool, please visit the Ebay auction.
Friday
Handcrafted Bone Embroidery Laying Tool Stiletto
Dave handcrafted this 5 ¼ inch laying tool out of buffalo bone and golden swirl celluloid. It has been initialed by Dave and is currently up for auction on Ebay.
Saturday
Embroidery Buffalo Bone and Rosewood Laying Tool Stiletto or Hair Stick
Thursday
Fossil Ivory Nalbinding Needle 10
Another new fossil mammoth ivory nalbinding needle has been added to our Grizzly Mountain Arts Etsy shop today!
Dave has carved this 2 1/2 inch nalbinding needle from fossil mammoth ivory and has hand polished it to a high gloss.
If you are active in the SCA, this would be a truly unique addition to your period tool collection!
Wednesday
Hand Carved Buffalo Bone Laying Tool
Dave has hand carved this laying tool from buffalo bone. This American Bison bone is from the Cascade Buffalo Ranch here in Oregon. The finial is stabilized spalted maple with a True Stone lapis accent ring. The length of this hand carved tool is 5 ½ inches. It has been initialed by Dave, the maker.
Friday
Bone and Box Elder Laying Tool
Dave turned this beautifully colored 5 inch laying tool out of bone and dyed box elder wood.
Bone is LEGAL to ship worldwide. We have been having a problem with someone maliciously reporting this item to Ebay for removal. This person has been reported and the matter is being investigated by Ebay so hopefully there will be no further disruptions.
Thursday
New Needle Minders
It's been a few days since we've had anything to post about, but we've recently listed some new vintage inspired cameo needle minders. Dave is returning to his workshop in short spells, and these needle minders are just the right project for that!
On Ebay, we have listed a gorgeous Ebony Needle Minder that Dave has inlayed with Mother of Pearl in a diamond shape. This needle minder has a turned piece of Ebony as it's back piece.
In our Fiber Art Tools section of our Etsy shop, we have added some more of the beautiful vintage inspired resin cameo needle minders. Three of these are a really pretty peach color!
Don't forget, these nifty little needle minders can be separated and used as two independent magnets on your refrigerator too, as each piece has been inlayed with a very powerful rare earth magnet!
Saturday
Even More New Nalbinding Needles!
Dave just handed me three new Nalbinding Needles to list in the Fiber Art Tool Section of our Etsy.com shop!
All of our handmade nalbinding needles are carved from ancient ivory and have been polished to a high gloss finish. As no two pieces of ancient ivory are alike, each needle Dave creates is a truly unique piece of art.
Wednesday
Handmade Rosewood Lucet with Fine Silver Inlay
Dave hand crafted this cord making lucet out of East Indian Rosewood and inlayed it with a filigree disk of fine silver. This lucet measures 2 inches wide by 4 inches long. JoAnna makes the fine silver filigree inlay discs using Precious Metal Clay. She molds the metal clay and then kiln fires it to 1650 degrees. The organic clay binder burns away melting the fine silver particles into 99.9% pure silver. Dave carved a round recess into the lucet and inset the silver disc to a near flush level. It is initialed and dated by Dave.
Dating back to the Viking era, this little hand tool was used for braiding cord used in a variety of fabrics and garments. Our lucet is currently up for auction on Ebay. Please click here if you would like to view this auction and additional photos of this rosewood lucet.
Saturday
Ancient Ivory Medieval Norse Nalbinding Needles
Dave was recently contacted by a fiber artist who asked if he had ever made any medieval Norse nalbinding needles. He hadn't, but immediately began researching this tool as he loves adding new fiber art tools to his repertoire. All of our nalbinding needles are hand carved from ancient ivory and can be viewed in the Fiber Art Tools section of our online Etsy shop.
If you are like us and have never heard of "Nalbinding", which can be spelled several different ways, the excerpt below is from Wikipedia and gives an explanation of this ancient art form:
"Nålebinding (Danish: literally "binding with a needle" or "needle-binding", also naalbinding or naalebinding) is a fabric creation technique predating both knitting and crochet. Also known in English as "knotless netting," "knotless knitting," [1]or "single needle knitting," the technique is distinct from crochet in that it involves passing the full length of the working thread through each loop, unlike crochet where the work is formed only of loops, never involving the free end.
More information on this medieval art can be found here.
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