Drivel Starved Nation;
This is the last installment before I share a few of the finished pieces. If looking at these pictures doesn’t inspire you to go make something, nothing will…
The picture below is a northern spruce beetle. it is two inches long and when it bites, it takes out a dime sized chunk of skin. I woke up one morning and one of these was trapped in my tent. Good thing I don’t smell like a spruce tree…
The CT-18 came in real handy while the varnish was drying on the Emma All Star Baseball. (This was turned by Michael Hosaluk, logo designed by Mark Siffrri, and yours truly burned in the stitching. It was signed by all that attended and you will see the finish piece later…
These bits spin at 400,000 rpm.
Time for a break…
Beginning at noon on Wednesday, we started cleaning up. Big party Wednesday evening where some of the work was auctioned off only to the artists. The really good stuff was put on a truck for the Thursday evening auction in Saskatoon. I had never been to Saskatoon before but after seeing this truck, I knew it was going to be great time…
-John
Emma International 2014
So much cool stuff! I’m fascinated by what looks like a pyrography pen, but I’ve never seen one that looks so much like a pen. What is it?!?
That axe head (those axes heads?) is amazing! I would have loved to have seen that being forged.
On second (or third) look, perhaps I’m seeing a tiny rotary tool that looks like it’s burning the wood. Still cool!
Peter- it is like a Dremel tool on steroids – 400,000 rpm. It can cut clean and/or burn depending on your intent. You can also do your own dental work too!
-John
Thanks, John. I think I’ll leave the dental work to the professionals. And how can anything spin that fast?!?
I’m also curious about the dyes used for that piece and the cool depressions in the bench. Could you tell us a bit more about them?
Peter-
The indentations were carved, and I believe the coloring was done via air brush. I didn’t see it being done but I saw enough air brushing to believe that was the method.
-John