From Seen and Inspired to Made and Cherished

[wayfaringwordhack]

In this post about my birthday, I mentioned that I would come back to that lovely table which was holding our new pottery.

Consider me back. :P

While at Guédelon, we watched many artisans at work, including the carpenters. Farmer Boy declared that when we got home (insisted, in fact, that AS SOON AS WE GOT HOME, irregardless of that being 10 p.m.) J would help him make a stool. However, on the road, the idea morphed into making a replica of this table we saw at Guédelon:

Much to Farmer Boy's chagrin, the table-making did not start that night but the next morning:

 

He and J worked hard, assembling and shaping all the pieces:

 

 

Understanding how to go from a cylinder to a properly centered cone. Hint, you have to start from a square:


 

And not to be outdone, Ti'Loup got to work on his own piece of wood, making lots of wood dust on the way:

 

The finished keepsake:
 

Well done, guys!

Comments

[asakiyume]

*love*

especially Farmer Boy hard at work. And the final result is beautiful! (So is the original)

[wayfaringwordhack]

He really appropriated it. I love the single-mindness with which he pursued it.

[queenoftheskies]

They did an AMAZING job!!! That's a lovely table. :)

[wayfaringwordhack]

So cool, right? I love it.

[rimturse]

Well done, Farmer Boy! :)

And so neat to have a Handy-Andy daddy (or should that be papa?)

[wayfaringwordhack]

Yeah, J was a sport. :D

[tolcath]

That's wonderful!!

[wayfaringwordhack]

It was really neat to see it come together. :)

[eller]

That's a really wonderful project, and I'm glad it turned out so well! Great job!

[pjthompson]

Well done, indeed! A burgeoning woodwork artist.