I made my friend a sign for her 40th the other day. She's just got into bee keeping and it going to get a couple of hives.
I wasn't really sure what to get her so I decided I'd make her a sign for her future apiary.
I enjoy letter carving, it's quite simple and looks great when it's done.
I thought I'd make a video but do this one a little differently, just me carving with no talking. It's at 3x speed (so in total it took me an hour), with just the noise of my tools working (and the heater in the background). A different pace for my videos, but hopefully some will enjoy it, it's a bit like ASMR if you like that sort of thing.
My friend was pleased with the sign (and I had spelt it correctly thankfully). If you watch the video I'd love it if you left a comment on there (stupidly I set it to release at 4.30 this morning (Sunday) instead of afternoon and now I think I'm being penalized for the mistake).
Anyone want a sign carving?
Can I be your friend, what a perfect gift.
ReplyDeleteOf Course!
DeleteIt's lovely. I agree with Poppypatchwork!
ReplyDeleteHaha! Thanks!
DeleteNifty, Kev! What do you make the template out of?
ReplyDeleteThe words are just printed out on word and I cut through paper as I go.
DeleteIt starts out with a couple hives, at least it did with my parents. It ended up with over 150 hives and me helping to extract and deliver honey in a five county region. I miss the honey, specifically comb honey on fresh baked bread, but I don't miss getting stung or the long hours spent extracting honey while being a sticky mess.
ReplyDeleteThat's quite the apiary! I've signed up for a beekeeping course for next year so I'm looking forward to that. Although my aims are just for a few hives, I'm after the wax as much as the honey but not looking forward to the sticky mess!
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