Speaking of driftwood......

[Jim_Rogers]

Sometime ago, my sister in PA sent me some photos about two ladies who make things out of driftwood.

And I thought I'd share these with you....

Here they are collecting up some driftwood:





Here they are starting on one of their creations:



Here is some of their work:



















Some people can make something very special out of what appears to be junk......

Hope you enjoyed the pictures.....

[Furby]

I sure did Jim, that is REALLY cool, thanks! 8) 8) 8)

[Thehardway]

Wow,  that really expands the mind in that landscape category of uses!

[maineframer]

Jim,

I think those horses need more to eat---- you can see every bone!  :D

David

[Sprucegum]

Wow! sure beats the lamp I made in shop class  8)

[Tom]

I've seen their work before.  It just goes to show that you don't have to have Quartersawn to make something beautiful.  :D

[Ron Scott]

Great art, very innovative, and well done.

[ljmathias]

Thanks, Jim, for such great pictures- again I am made aware of things I can't do and never will be able to... but maybe there's hope for sawing and timberframing- getting comfortable (not necessarily good though) at the first and making progress on the second; still need lots and lots of practice.

Speaking of which, anyone interested in a Southern Regional (mainly Mississippi I would guess- easy driving distance) timber framing intro class?  Maybe over a long weekend?  I'd be happy to host and pay a chunk of the expenses of finding a TF teaching willing and able to come down to Hattiesburg (Purvis is just outside) and maybe teach a 2-3 day class over a long weekend?  Might give us all that push we need to go the next step, spend a full week in school somewhere or just get us going on our own... at least the first few baby steps.

Lj

[logwalker]

Why do we have Sawmills? :D :D

[ljmathias]

Why, to make sawdust, of course.

[thecfarm]

That is my kind of horse.The back ground really make them stand out.I would not want to buy one of them.What nice work they do.

[metalspinner]

They look real!  Like they are actually looking at something.  Those are incredible! 

Now, why can they pull old wood out of a river, but we need special permission from the gooberment to do it?  Old wood is old wood, right? :

[sleepy]

Those were awesome. Thanks for sharing. Those women have definitely discovered what they were meant to do. They are gifted.

[LeeB]

Those are absolutely incredible. They have managed to capture the stance and posture of a horse perfectly. Obviosly these ladies have spent much time with real horses. I'm astounded by how alive these creations are.