Bragging on hubby again

Well he did it again!  Hubby has been playing around with his lathe, planes and whatever tools he has down in his workshop and he's made a couple more cool things.  Here is a small little bowl he made.  Isn't it lovely?  I've forgot to ask what kind of wood he used.

 

Then he made these two utensils.  One is little spreader and the other is a spoon.  Love the shape on the spoon.  It's a great weight and I love how it feels in my hand.

 Lastly, he made a vase.  One of the things I love about it is that he hollowed it so that you could use a small water holder so that you can put fresh cut flowers in it.  For obvious reasons, most wooden vases are only for dried flowers.  You would still need to be very careful using water in this vase, but I love that you have the choice or real, dried or silk.

  I am just so proud of him.  He has such an analytical mind and has never really done creative work before.  So, it's so wonderful to see him reach into his soul and create like this.  Love you sweetie!

A few new pottery pieces

While J was here over Christmas break, she had clay playtime with me.  At first she couldn't just relax and let the pottery take shape, but after a couple hours she made a few cool pieces that are drying right now.  I only took photos of 2 pieces, but here they are...a small tray (about 3" x 5") and what she thought would be a pencil holder, but it's probably too tall to work as that.

Pretty good for the first time, huh?  I have a few new pieces also.  This vase was made from two textured slabs:

I also made 2 more birds.  Can't figure out what colors to glaze these:

And, lastly, I made 2 small bird "dishes".  Don't really know if they are dishes or bowls,  I curved the edges, so it should hold small pieces of jewelry:

Also have some other pieces in the works....stay tuned
Joy and Peace,
Kelly