New Cameo Needle Minders in Our Etsy Shop!

We have just added some new needle minders to our Etsy shop! These are more of the vintage inspired cameos and all have the rare earth magnets inlayed into the back of both the cameo and turned wood piece. You could even separate the two and use both pieces as refrigerator magnets!

Click here to view our fiber art tools in our Etsy.com shop!

Fossil Ivory Hair Holder or Shawl Pin

Dave hand carved this hair barrette/pony tail holder out of ancient Russian woolly mammoth ivory. The holding pin is turned from bone with a finial of colorful fossil ivory. Mammoth have been extinct for 10,000 years. It is initialed and dated by Dave, the maker/artist. A copy of the certificate of ivory age and origin will accompany this barrette. This beautiful piece could also be used as a shawl pin with crocheted and knitted pieces.

This item is currently for sale in our Etsy.com shop. If you would like to view this item, please click the link below.

Fossil Ivory Hair Holder or Shawl Pin on Etsy.com

Three Muses Cameo Tatting Shuttle

This is a 2 3/4 inch tatting shuttle that Dave hand crafted from American Cherry wood. He then carved a recess in the top and inset the vintage inspired "Three Muses" cameo. Dave selected cherry for this shuttle because he felt the pinkish color complimented the blue cameo so well. Thisi tatting shuttle has been initialed and dated by Dave.

This shuttle is currently up for auction on Ebay.com. If you would like to view this item, please click the link below.

Three Muses Cameo Tatting Shuttle on Ebay.com

What's Been Cookin' in the Kiln for Summer?

Jo has been working on some new items for the summer show season. This newest batch of earthenware is fresh out of the kiln and will soon begin their life as refrigerator art.

If you are planning on being in Sisters, Oregon or on the beautiful Oregon coast in Yachats for your summer vacation, look for us!

Fossil Ivory Scissor Fob

We usually sell our scissor fobs on Ebay, but we thought we'd try a couple out in our Etsy.com shop. This 4 1/2 inch length scissor fob is an OOAK (one of a kind) piece! Dave has hand carved the acorn and Oak leaf from fossil ivory and Jo put it together with cat's eye, Swarovski crystals and gold tone beads. A gold tone clasp will securely fasten your fob onto your scissors. The scissors shown in the photo are for display purposes only.

This item is for sale in our Etsy.com shop. If you would like to view this item, please click the link below.
Fossil Ivory Scissor Fob on Etsy.com

We've Been Featured!

Etsy.com artist, Edge of the Wildwood , has featured us on her blog! She has featured one of the pine needle baskets that's currently for sale in our shop. Wildwood does spectacular pyrography (burn etching) and has many beautiful pieces for sale in her Etsy shop, Wildwood.

Thank you, Carey! We really appreciate the feature!

Hitty Doll Sweetgrass Basket

Dave has made several Hitty dolls in the past, and for lovers of the book "Hitty, Her First Hundred Years" by Rachel Field, this basket will be familiar as Hitty spent quite a bit of time hidden in a similar one. If you have never read this book, you should! It is quite the adventure story for young and old alike! This basket measures about 6 inches in diameter and about 3 inches in height. The portrait of Hitty on the lid was done using pyrography (burn etching) and painted. The book shown in the photos is not included and is for display purposes only.

This basket is currently for sale in our Etsy.com shop. If you would like to view this item, please click the link below.

Hitty Doll Sweetgrass Basket at Etsy.com

Carved Acorn Frig Magnet

Made with love on Grizzly Mountain!

Dave made this beautiful acorn magnet out of a beautiful piece of cedar, then burn-etched the detail on the acorn's cap. This little acorn measures about two inches in length by an inch and a quarter wide.

We use rare earth magnets in all of our refrigerator magnets which will hold much more than the usual crafting magnet.

This acorn magnet is for sale in our Etsy shop for $7.50. If you'd like to view this item, please click the link below.

Carved Acorn Frig Magnet on Etsy.com

"Lady with Flowers" Cameo Needle Minder

We made this graceful "Lady with Flowers" cameo needle minder from a gorgeous vintage inspired resin cameo. The needle minder measures about 1 1/2" in length by 1 1/4" wide. We inlayed a rare earth magnet on the back. Dave inlayed another rare earth magnet into a beautiful piece of Walnut that he turned on the lathe. Together, these beauties will "mind" your needle conveniently on your project! You could even take off the "minder" and use this as a frig magnet.

Rare-earth magnets are strong, permanent magnets made from alloys of rare earth elements. Rare-earth magnets are substantially stronger than ferrite or alnico magnets, so you'll need to keep this away from your credit cards or pacemaker.

This needle minder is currently for sale in our Etsy.com shop for $10.00. If you'd like to view this item, please click the link below.

"Lady with Flowers" Cameo Needle Minder on Etsy.com

Hand Crafted Wood and Copper Lace Bobbin

Dave made this 4 ½ inch Continental style lace bobbin out of Walnut, Cherry and Copper. He has hand etched the copper accent ring with a floral filigree design. This bobbin is drilled for a spangle and initialed and dated by Dave. This bobbin is currently up for auction on Ebay.com. If you would like to view this auction, please click this link below.

Hand Crafted Wood and Copper Lace Bobbin on Ebay.com

Hand Painted Porcelain Needle Minder

Being a scrimshaw artist, it is probably obvious that Dave likes to work in miniatures. He hand crafted this unique porcelain OOAK 2 piece magnet needle holder and hand painted a lighthouse scene on it with Porcelaine paint. To firmly bond the paint, the disc is oven baked at 300 degrees. The back piece also has a rare earth magnet inset into a turned Rosewood finger grip for pulling the two pieces apart.

Rare earth magnets are about 8 to 10 times stronger than regular craft type magnets. Keep this needle holder away from your computer, credit cards and pacemakers.

This hand painted needle minder is currently up for auction on Ebay.com. If you would like to view this item, please click the link below.


Hand Painted Porcelain Needle Minder on Ebay.com

Scrimshaw Bone Sampler Style Ruler

This delicate little ruler was made especially for the sampler stitchers and collectors. Dave made this little bone ruler in a sampler style. This is rigid bone, about 1/16 inch thick, not thin and flexible like the rulers made from piano keys. The alphabet, flowers, markings and poem are all scrimshawed in the bone.

The poem that is scrim'd on the back is also by Dave.

This ruler is currently up for auction on Ebay.com. If you would like to view this auction, please click the link below.

Scrimshaw Bone Sampler Style Ruler

Fine Silver Inlay Tatting Shuttle

The classic warm feeling of exoctic wood with the elegance of fine silver. This is a petite shuttle, only 2 1/4 inches long. Dave carved it from Goncalo Alves wood and inlaid it with a fine silver filigree disc, which was made by Jo. Jo uses Silver Precious Metal Clay which she shapes and fires in the kiln at 1650 degrees. The organic clay binders burn away melting the silver particals together into solid 99.9 % pure FINE SILVER. This shuttle has been initialed and dated by Dave.

Goncalo Alves wood grows in the upland forest of many regions from Mexico and Central America to Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, and Ecuador.

This shuttle is currently up for auction on Ebay.com. If you would like to view this more photos of this item, please click the link below.


Fine silver Inlay Tatting Shuttle on Ebay.com

Swordfish Tatting Shuttle

This Swordfish is carved from bone and is 4 inches long and comes with it own built in knot pick. It is initialed and dated by Dave. USER WARNING: No running while playing with this shuttle, as the pick is very sharp! ;)

NOTE: The conceptual and artistic design elements of this SWORDFISH SHUTTLE are the intellectual property and copyright of GRIZZLY MOUNTAIN ARTS.

This shuttle is currently up for auction on Ebay.com. If you would like to view this item, please click the link below.


Swordfish Tatting Shuttle on Ebay.com

Pearl Celluloid Tatting Shuttle and Pick

Dave made this shuttle and sharp bone pick set out of pearlized celluloid. The shuttle is 2 ½ inches long and the overall length of the bone pick with the slip on cap is 3 ½ inches, 3 inches with the cap off. The shuttle is initialed and dated by Dave.

This set is currently up for auction on Ebay.com. If you would like to view this auction, please click the link below.



Pearl Celluloid Tatting Shuttle and Pick on Ebay.com

Rosewood, Ivory and Bone Tatting Pick

This tatting pick is new but Dave intended to make it look more like an heirloom, something that perhaps a mother may have passed down to her daughter or granddaughter. It is made of Rosewood with a sharp bone pick. 10,000 year old mammoth ivory was used for the carved accent ring on the slip-on point protector. Like most of the ancient ivory, it shows signs of weather cracks, further adding to its antique look, but it is stable and firmly bonded to the wood. The pick is 3 ¼ inches long and with the protector on, it is 4 inches long.

Dave could not really find a good spot to mark this piece with his initials and date, but we will send along a signed “ABOUT THE ARTIST” information card.

This tool is currently up for auction on Ebay.com. If you would like to view this item, please click the link below.
Rosewood, Ivory and Bone Tatting Pick on Ebay.com