The Druid Grove

by **Crow** » 22 Sep 2005, 15:41

Notice: Includes three-dimensional objects crafted by hand, such as wands, staves, athames, jewelry, etc., but excluding sculpture. Generally speaking, craft items would be used for some purpose, as opposed to art created to be viewed. Please post your craft entries for the current Eisteddfod here.

by **Lily** » 25 Sep 2005, 12:02

ENTRY:

Harvest Pentacle

I made this Pentacle from Salt Dough:
Equal amounts of plain flour and kitchen salt are mixed with water - keep kneading and adding water until you get a workable dough. I have noticed that it does not store - it gets kind of watery even overnight.
Part of the dough was colored with finely ground coffee.
The apples are made with cloves for the stems and the "flies" ('s what we call it in german)....
The items can be baked in a 100°C oven (for a few hours) or left to air-dry for a week or more.

the little brown globs are walnuts and the broomstick-like things are ears of grain....

I think together with the ingredients used, this motif is a very earthy thing. It now hangs over my bedroom door.

by **drakonaria** » 25 Sep 2005, 20:11

Druidic Journal
It's my druidic journal

It was a simple, very thick notebook, which I binded and embroidered.
The tree is embroidered on a maroon velvet which is sewed in with golden thread into the dark green velvet. This golden circle is a symbol of the Sun ( adding all this what a circle symbolizes). Around the tree there are symbols of the Elements with natural representations of them around the golden circle ( feather - the Air, fiery stones (carnelian, garnet, citrine and orange jade) - the Fire, shell- the Water, green nefrite - the Earth). Inside the circle there are also four phases of the Moon - Full Moon (round mother of pearl), waning moon ( embroidered with silver thread), Dark Moon (with onyx) and crescent Moon. In leaves surrounding the circle there are carnelians and little ambers

I did bookmarks also - one with clear quartz attached to the end and the second with green agate.
It was great challenge for me, because I'm not skilled in embroidering and I'm very impatient person :wink:

I have showed it already some time ago in "Arts and Crafts".

by **WildChild** » 26 Sep 2005, 19:37

Here's a bookshelf I built from lumber that was gifted to me by my neighbor. They were throwing the wood out from where he goes to church and asked me if I might like to have it. Free wood? Of course I'll take it! :wink:

I'm not sure what kind of wood it is, but I think it's some variety of cherry; not absolutely sure on that.
The measurements are as follows: 6 feet tall by 4 feet wide by 10 inches deep. The shelves are adjustable by the recessed rails on the inside. Just a simple little bookshelf I put together. The finish is 4 coats of semi-gloss polyurethane which I applied by hand; no sprayer used.
Here's the pictures:

by **Badger Bob** » 26 Sep 2005, 22:02

This is the pewter casting I've been promising

Made out of lead-free pewter from a milliput original, patinated and polished. Sculpting took about three hours and making the mould about four days or so. The actual process of mould making and casting was a doddle so I would recommend anyone to have a go.

And here is me trying to look all "Dennis Wheatley stylee" wearing it.

Cheers 'n' beers...

by **Mika** » 28 Sep 2005, 19:43

So WOW, all of you! It'll be so hard to vote, hum.

Well and here is my first entry in this category. It's a wooden box (that I didn't made myself) pyrographed. I've drawn the design on it and then carved on it with my burning tool

Then sanded and varnished it. too :grin:

So that's the top::)

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And that the front side: :grin:

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And the same on the four sides:

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by **Ki No Ronin** » 29 Sep 2005, 23:53

My 2004 Samhain Lobby Altar:

I know that there are Craft Creations in this Category that Kicks On this Entry, but Nani Shimasu Ka?

KNR

edited by Kat Lady 10/1/05 for link to function

by **Ogfaen** » 02 Oct 2005, 17:24

HAND MADE FRETWORK PHOTO FRAME

ok so this was the first bit of fretwork i did
hope you like it
rhian

by **WildChild** » 04 Oct 2005, 06:18

This second entree of mine, a fir coffee and matching end tables, has special meaning to me. You see, they came to me as wood that had been thrown away at the curb as rubish to be picked up by the sanitation department. For fifty years it had served it's purpose as four inch tongue and groove siding on a house. It had four layers of thick gray and white paint that I had to first remove with nontoxic paint remover. Once I got it to bare wood, I hand sanded it to let the natural beauty of the fir wood come through. They have three coats of hand applied high-gloss polyurethane to make them shine. What would have been trash became a treasure. This was the first creation to come out of my shop. It found a home with a Pagan couple while I was doing an arts & crafts show in Hannibal, Missouri sponsored by The Ozark Avalon. I did the pieces in a Frank Loyd Wright style; framed, cantalevered, and low. Here are the pictures:

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End Tables

Website · by **Robb Hawklord** » 09 Oct 2005, 15:58

Entry

Mans Important bit!!

Not that sillies, the speaker shelf in a car.

Made from Walnut, but unstained (needs to be stained after removing the 3 coats of poly varnish :???:

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Website · by **Robb Hawklord** » 09 Oct 2005, 16:09

Entry

Selenite wand

I bought a length of rough Selenite and it wanted to be made 'nice', well thats what it told me :grin:

Pity the pic does not do Selenite any favours - this is the best of 10 attempts at capturing it

Hawky

by **Mika** » 10 Oct 2005, 12:27

Chest with several celtic designs

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And on the top, an original Triskel...

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by **Mika** » 10 Oct 2005, 12:35

Pyrographed pencil case. The design is a "handgrip extension from a shield found with the Sutton Hoo ship burial. Seventh Century" (Original drawing by David James)

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Top of the pencil case, closer...

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by **Madadh-Allaidh** » 14 Oct 2005, 19:22

ENTRY

These are a necklace and bracelet I made from silver-plated wire. First made the rings, then weaved them together. Hope you like them!

persian weave necklace and bracelet

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and in detail they look like this:

This is truly a creative place, with beautiful entries. Congrats everyone!

by **Madadh-Allaidh** » 14 Oct 2005, 19:27

Another entry:

Byzantine and red foam coral necklace and earrings:

by **Madadh-Allaidh** » 14 Oct 2005, 19:32

And the last entry:

Silver and blue foamcoral handflower:

yeeeh, my first ever entries!

blessings, Madadh-Allaidh

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