Sitting beside the creek, I brought myself some aged yew for a coat hanger. The branch needs to have another branch forking away asymmetrically. I split it with my bushcraft knife (Casström Sweden SFK 10).
Shortened the fork with a saw.
Then I added a little heart at the end to add that extra dose of whimsy 😉.
Like so. 😉 I carved into the grain and got lucky!
For the small radiuses it is more recomnendeable to use a Slöjd knife, because it typically has a more slender tip. This one is my all-time favourite by some of the awesomest craftspeople I know, Elsa and
Svante Djärv .
Bit of carving later, I added some details.
Now it is ready for a first oil coating and drying out completely in a bag of shavings.
And I earned myself another cuppa. 😉
Even though I do have to live through some pretty nasty times at the moment, projects like that do go a long way in order to keep my resilience. The place beside the creek wasn't too shabby either. Don't let something like that be taken from you.
Resilience is resistance.
