Whittling doodads

[Hoodoo]

Anyone here like to whittle doodads? One of my favorites is the ball in a cage. Here's a couple variations of that I recently finished.

The first is a sliding cage (nearly finished in these photos).

The second is a ball (yolk) in an egg.

 

[BOD]

Very nice Hoodoo,

So is a "doodad" an object whittled within another ?

I never realised that it had such a specific meaning

 

[Eric_Methven]

Very nice. I always though a doodad was the same as a thingamygig, closely related to a whatsit.

Eric

 

[xylaria]

The bottom one looks like a henry moore sculpture, but yours is more interesting, and took more skill to make. It is very beautiful and should be worth the several million a henry moore goes for. Ever thought of making a big one and putting it in a art show.

 

[jojo]

Really nice those. I particularly like the bottom one. Smooth curves and clean sharp lines, lovely. Is it Ash?

 

[JonnyP]

Very nice....The top ones are very clever and the bottom one is beautiful...How did you manage to get that ball so perfectly spherical..?

 

[twisted firestarter]

You have got me stumped how do you make the ball?

 

[cccc]

Anyone here like to whittle doodads? One of my favorites is the ball in a cage. Here's a couple variations of that I recently finished.

Wow, theres some great work there. What wood do you use ? Do you have a particular favorite ?

 

[jon r]

That is astonashing! The skill involved in those peices looks amazing! How do you make such beautiul items!?

Maybe next time you make one you could take photos of each step you take to create one of these beauties. That would be great to see!

Thanks for showing!

:You_Rock_

Jon

 

[dwardo]

How the .?.?.?.?....

The top one is technically amazing ad the bottom one is beautiful..

PS what woods/tools did you use ?

 

[Hoodoo]

Very nice. I always though a doodad was the same as a thingamygig, closely related to a whatsit.

Eric

Same thing.

 

[Hoodoo]

The bottom one looks like a henry moore sculpture, but yours is more interesting, and took more skill to make. It is very beautiful and should be worth the several million a henry moore goes for. Ever thought of making a big one and putting it in a art show.

Interesting! Henry Moore is one of my favorite sculptors. I love his work. However, a creative artist I'm not. I stole this idea from Dick Onians.

 

[Hoodoo]

Really nice those. I particularly like the bottom one. Smooth curves and clean sharp lines, lovely. Is it Ash?

It's catalpa.It does have a kind of ash-looking grain to it.

 

[Hoodoo]

Very nice....The top ones are very clever and the bottom one is beautiful...How did you manage to get that ball so perfectly spherical..?

Well, you just keep carving away the lumps and hope you still have some wood left when you think it's round.

 

[Hoodoo]

Wow, theres some great work there. What wood do you use ? Do you have a particular favorite ?

The top one is basswood, the bottom catalpa. Hard for me to pick a favorite. I kinda like maple although it's tough to carve.

 

[Hoodoo]

How the .?.?.?.?....

The top one is technically amazing ad the bottom one is beautiful..

PS what woods/tools did you use ?

I use a wide variety of carving tools. I love Flexcut knives though.

 

[Jodie]

Am gobsmacked. Beautiful and ingenious. :notworthy

 

[janiepopps]

They must be very therapeutic to make, and you must have the patience of a saint!

Nice work

j

 

[British Red]

Awesome - truly very very talented!

 

[jon r]

how long would one of these take to make?