raining so got my gear set up under the fishing brolly, ... and found this shy fella! 
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carved another woodspirit today
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yes Elines, its a piece i saved from North Wood on a recent tidy up.
well i think thats the idea, your not really meant to see them!
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Dreadhead
Bushcrafter through and through
Genuine question: why are woodspirits always angry/hostile looking? Why are there no happy woodspirits, or even jolly or solemn or mysterious woodspirits?
Is it just that those expressions are harder to carve, or is it something traditional, with a folklore background?
I'm really curious.
Is it just that those expressions are harder to carve, or is it something traditional, with a folklore background?
I'm really curious.
well yes they were an angry entity according to folklore, they were meant to frighten people out of the woods they looked after. and they were hostile towards just about anyone that entered! unless you were pure of heart. well thats the folklore i picked up on, and rather than do the happy father christmas types, thought i would bring back a bit of tradition.
any good?
ha!, thanks but i dont think im any kind of diety! but i do enjoy bringing these fellas out.
well yes they were an angry entity according to folklore, they were meant to frighten people out of the woods they looked after. and they were hostile towards just about anyone that entered! unless you were pure of heart. well thats the folklore i picked up on, and rather than do the happy father christmas types, thought i would bring back a bit of tradition.
Thank you. I thought it must be something like that.
ha!, thanks but i dont think im any kind of diety! but i do enjoy bringing these fellas out.
Is a diety some sort of slimline deity then?
(couldn't resist)
That's your best yet chap - I love the "twist" with him "emerging" from the wood. Highly imaginative
Elen Sentier
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
It's a stunner! I love the half-hid, peering out ... pimped it all over my networks
Used to know a lovely chap who lived near Oban, was a wonderful carver, one of his specialties was root or driftwood carved mirror frames where the little fairies, faces and woodspirits were only visible when looking in the mirror as he'd carved them behind the face of the frame so as to only be seen in reflection. Hm this doesn't read well but I hope you know what I mean? They were beautiful though and had a "magical" air due to the reflection viewing.
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hello Arya, not sure if your comment was aimed at me or Paddytray, but i will answer for my part. the cherry branch has already been cut down as part of a maintenance plan at North Wood where we meet. if the carvings i do were cut into a living tree, yes it would severely affect growth or even die, that is something i would not do.
wow! they sound wonderfull! what a smashing idea. does this chap still create these? or have a FB page / website? i would love to see them, thanks for posting.
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wow! they sound wonderfull! what a smashing idea. does this chap still create these? or have a FB page / website? i would love to see them, thanks for posting.
Sorry Woodspirits his name escapes me at the moment and the only person who could jog my memory is an Ex from about 7 years ago who may not be thrilled to hear from me out of the blue about her then new boyfriend - they ended up going out with each other.
Will try to remember, the names in there, just hovering out of reach.
GB.
ha! probably not the best plan eh? but very magnanimous of you to try and remember given the circumstances!
trying to imagine what you described, i assume there would be a gap between the glass and frame to allow reflection? hmm perhaps not, sorry to appear a bit dim.
but very magnanimous of you to try and remember given the circumstances! trying to imagine what you described, i assume there would be a gap between the glass and frame to allow reflection? hmm perhaps not, sorry to appear a bit dim.
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