Thursday
Hand Carved Celluloid Tatting Shuttle
Dave cut and carved this 2 1/2 inch Royal Blue celluloid side tatting shuttle to bring out the beautiful patterns within. No two can come out the same. Change the angle of the light and you get dark and pearly blues accented with a threading design through the shuttle. It is initialed and dated by Dave, the maker.
This tatting shuttle is currently up for auction on Ebay.com. If you would like to view the auction, please click on the link below.
Hand Carved Celluloid Tatting Shuttle
Carved Antler Magnetic Sewing Needle Holder
Dave carved this needle holder from the base part of a shed deer antler. It is commonly referred to by various names including the antler bur, antler button or antler rosette and it is located right at the growing point on the deer head. During the shedding process this rosette calcifies cutting off blood to the antler causing it to dry and eventually fall off after the mating season.
This carved rosette needle minder is approx 1 ½ inches in diameter and has a Rare Earth magnet hidden within. The second part backing piece is turned from purpleheart wood and also has a Rare Earth Magnet inset.
Dave uses shed antlers which naturally fall off the animal each year after the breeding season. They grow back during spring and summer and are fully developed again by the fall breeding season. After that, they are shed and the process repeated again for the next years growth.
This item is currently up for auction on Ebay.com. If you would like to view this auction, please click the link below.
Carved Antler magnetic Sewing Needle Holder
Saturday
Hand Carved Celluloid Tatting Shuttle
Depending on how the light strikes this shuttle, it sometimes looks more black and then a bright silver pearl color. The bright burning thread pattern makes this shuttle look like its at work even when it is resting.
Dave cut and carved this 2 1/2 inch celluloid side tatting shuttle to bring out those beautiful patterns within. No two can come out the same. It is initialed and dated by Dave, the maker.
This shuttle is currently up for auction on Ebay.com. Please click the link below if you would like to visit that auction.
Hand Carved Celluloid Tatting Shuttle Ebay Auction
Patchwork Quilted Lace Bobbin Tatting Shuttle
Dave hand crafted this 2 1/2 inch lace bobbin tatting shuttle out of a patchwork of woods including birdseye maple, lace wood and granadillo. It has a #14 steel picot hook inset in the nose. The bobbin is a common plastic Singer bobbin available in a 4 pack at Walmart or most other sewing suppliers. The brass bobbin axle has a bushing that rides against the bobbin providing drag to prevent freewheeling. You can back off the screw to adjust the drag on the bobbin. It is initialed and dated by Dave, the maker.
This item is up for auction on Ebay.com. Please click the link below to view the auction.
Patchwork Quilted Lace Bobbin Tatting Shuttle Auction
Magnetic Needle Minder
Dave turned this needle holder from various woods including walnut, holly and purpleheart and inlayed a disc of TRUESTONE TURQUOISE in the top. Truestone is crushed turquoise mixed with resin and then recast so it can be turned on a lathe or carved. A Rare Earth Neodymium Magnet is hidden within. The holder is 2 inches high. This is a lovely and novel piece for your work space!
This item is currently up for auction on Ebay. Please click the link below to view the auction.
Magnetic Needle Minder on Ebay.com
Thursday
Hand Crafted Spalted Maple Tatting Shuttle
This 2 3/8 inch tatting shuttle does not need any extras! No carving, burning, ivory inlay or scrimshaw!! It's a natural beauty! The spalting patterns are actually caused by fungi infection in the wood. As each micro fungi colony grows through the wood it leaves natural ring and line patterns or tracks. This wood has been stabilized under high pressure with resin which goes into ever wood cell making it extremely hard and waterpoof. It is initialed and dated by Dave, the maker.
This tatting shuttle is currently up for auction on Ebay. Please click the link below to view the auction.
Hand Crafted Spalted Maple Tatting Shuttle
Hand Carved Wood Spirit Bobbin
Dave turned this 4 ½ inch Continental style lace bobbin out of white ash with purpleheart accent rings and hand carved the jolly wood spirit. It is drilled for a spangle and initialed and dated by me. This bobbin is currently up for auction at Ebay.com. If you would like to see the auction listing, please click the link below.
Hand Carved Wood Spirit Bobbin Auction
Hand Carved Wood Spirit Bobbin Auction
Sunday
Hand Carved Celluloid Tatting Shuttle
If cobalt blue is your favorite color, then you need to go check out Dave's latest tatting shuttle! It is a 2 1/2" side tatting shuttle that he carved from celluloid. This is a one-of-a-kind shuttle! If you'd like to bid on this item, please click the link below.
GMA Hand Carved Blue Swirl Celluloid Tatting Shuttle
Thursday
Magnetic Sea Heart Pin Cushion Needle Minder
This is a 2 inch Sea Heart (Entada gigas), a member of the family of nomadic sea beans that fall into the sea in the tropic regions and float around the world.
Dave hand carved this one and turned it into a unique magnetic needle and tool holder for your sewing table. He split this Sea Heart , removing the inside bean, and embedded a strong Neodymium Rare Earth Magnet in resin, then bonded the two sides back together. It is initialed and dated on the bottom.
If you would like to visit this Ebay auction listing, please click the following link:
Magnetic Sea Heart Pin Cushion/Needle Minder
Wednesday
Scrimshaw Tatting Shuttle and Sailors Ditty Box
The first sailors ditty box was so popular, Dave decided to make another one! This one features a 3 inch carved ancient mammoth ivory whale on the top of the 4 ½ by 2 ¾ inch midnight blue bentwood box.
Dave carved the 3 inch tatting shuttle from walnut and scrim'd the inlayed ancient mammoth ivory with a lighthouse scene.
If you'd like to check out the auction, please visit this link:
GMA Scrimshaw Tatting Shuttle Sailor Ditty Box
Tuesday
Home from Yachats!
We are home from another wonderful trip to Yachats, Oregon. Doing shows in Yachats doesn't really feel like work, with the exception of building our booth and sitting for hours :) To the wonderful customers who bought our art this past weekend, THANK YOU! We appreciate your patronage! We look forward to returning in the spring!
Wednesday
Hand Carved and Scrimshawed Knitting Sheath
Dave has always been fascinated with making reproductions of early period pieces, particularly pieces made by sailors. Scrimshaw knitting needle sheaths were among the many things sailors made for their wives and sweethearts back home.
Dave hand carved this 7 inch knitting sheath out of Oregon Myrtlewood. He made it for the traditional right side fitting. He had noticed that many of the early period sheaths had more narrow slots for apron strings to hold the sheath but I made this one with a wider slot to fit up to a ¾ inch waist band or belt. The top of the sheath is fitted with ancient Russian mammoth ivory as well as the color scrimshaw center piece. The needle hole in the top is drilled to accept a 5.00mm US size 8 knitting needle.
The purpose of the knitting sheath was to take the weight of the work and prevent the stitches from slipping off the bottom of a double-ended needle. These sheaths had a hole bored through the center in which the needle nearest on the right, fitted. These knitting sheaths would be worn on the right side of the body, at an angle. They were tucked into the waist band or held under the arm. In the sheath would be placed the bottom of the right hand knitting needle which was held rigid, leaving the left hand to work the yarn on the other needle. Knitting sheaths were used throughout Europe and the British Isles during the 18th. and 19th. centuries. Some were refined and exotic being made from a variety of materials including amber, porcelain, ivory, silver and brass etc. The majority were made from a range of available woods. Many were crudely carved gifts or love tokens, bearing the name of the recipient sometimes with a date and a heart or other symbol.
This item is currently up for auction on Ebay. If you would like to see larger photos, please click the link below.
Hand Carved and Scrimshawed Knitting Sheath Auction on Ebay.com
Dave hand carved this 7 inch knitting sheath out of Oregon Myrtlewood. He made it for the traditional right side fitting. He had noticed that many of the early period sheaths had more narrow slots for apron strings to hold the sheath but I made this one with a wider slot to fit up to a ¾ inch waist band or belt. The top of the sheath is fitted with ancient Russian mammoth ivory as well as the color scrimshaw center piece. The needle hole in the top is drilled to accept a 5.00mm US size 8 knitting needle.
The purpose of the knitting sheath was to take the weight of the work and prevent the stitches from slipping off the bottom of a double-ended needle. These sheaths had a hole bored through the center in which the needle nearest on the right, fitted. These knitting sheaths would be worn on the right side of the body, at an angle. They were tucked into the waist band or held under the arm. In the sheath would be placed the bottom of the right hand knitting needle which was held rigid, leaving the left hand to work the yarn on the other needle. Knitting sheaths were used throughout Europe and the British Isles during the 18th. and 19th. centuries. Some were refined and exotic being made from a variety of materials including amber, porcelain, ivory, silver and brass etc. The majority were made from a range of available woods. Many were crudely carved gifts or love tokens, bearing the name of the recipient sometimes with a date and a heart or other symbol.
This item is currently up for auction on Ebay. If you would like to see larger photos, please click the link below.
Hand Carved and Scrimshawed Knitting Sheath Auction on Ebay.com
Saturday
Scrimshaw Sailors Ditty Box and Tatting Shuttle
If you haven't checked out our latest Ebay auction, you're missing out on one of Dave's most unique pieces ever! It's a replica of an old sailors ditty box that he has burn etched and best of all, it also includes one of Dave's handmade tatting shuttles. The 2 1/2 inch long walnut shuttle has a sailor scrimshawed into the ancient mammoth ivory inlay. The interior of the ditty box has been decopaged with prints of period antique art. To see more photos of this item, please use the link below to view the Ebay auction listing.
Click here to view the auction!
Yachats Arts and Crafts Festival
We just got our letter stating we had been accepted into the 10th Annual Harvest & Holidays Arts & Crafts Festival in Yachats, Oregon. We always look forward to going to Yachats! If you are planning a trip to the Oregon coast during the weekend of November 3 and 4th, be sure to plan a stop in Yachats. These shows are always great and this one will have 65 vendors inside and on Sunday the Yachats Farmers Market will be going on at the same time outside. This would be a great weekend to get your holiday shopping done early! The show is held in the Yachats Commons right on highway 101 and the times of the show are Saturday 10am to 5pm and Sunday 10am to 4pm.
Friday
Now on TalentDatabase.com!
We have recently found a wonderful website that features artists from around the world! Grizzly Mountain Arts now has a portfolio on TalentDatabase.com . If you too are an artist and would like to be featured, be sure and check it out. If you are a lover of art and like to look at various mediums from around the world, you too should go take a look!
The basket on the right is one of our newest that's for sale in our Etsy.com shop. If you'd like to read more information about this basket, please click on the photo in our Mini-Etsy that's located on the left side of this page.
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