The sound of gardening - African keyhole garden bed

In winter 2015 a Permablitz was held at my place 

friends came and helped build

me an African keyhole garden

Here is how we built it ...

This is the space it was built

In full winter production

The sound of egg collecting

three eggs this morning in the egg collectors basket

The Sound of Christmas Spoons

Loving handmade gifting this year again

been 5 years since I bought christmas gifts

been making them all

i love receiving homemade gifts

so i assume that other do too

more christmas spoons

I'm getting better at these 

but a lifetime of learning ahead of me

almond spoon

acacia spoon

The Sound of Unicorns Prancing

Christmas has been busy.

more spoons crafted as presents 

and now Unicorns are on the list

dreaming of making one of these using only upcycled and hand dyed cloth

i have a piece of wool/silk just waiting and some hand  spun wool

lots of fun for little ones
perhaps even a hand carved wooden horn too

The Sounds of More Spoons

I've been spoon carving again.

its been a while

slow spoons are the best

locally sourced

not a power tool in sight.

great acacia and then some honey locust

all pruned by me or friends from our gardens

ethically and locally sourced

The sound of arm chairs ripping

There has been an accident at our house. 

Too much sitting on my favourite chair has worn the ikat fabric through. 

Much musing as to what to do.

India Flint to the rescue again with introducing me to Boro

I had some vintage japanese kasuri fabric in the stash bought from ziguzagu in Melbourne

Boro inspired chair repair 

It's still my favourite 

The sound of mediaeval spoons

This is a first for me 

using a mediaeval spoon shape from the Mary Rose 

made from olive wood - pruned from my backyard

local, sustainable and recycling at its best

best of all its a present

now winging its way back to the original land from whence the design came from

The Sound of Hooves

Felt and up cycled material for little horses

 presents for little girls

more gifts from Shipwrights Cottage

from a year of home made presents

The sound of beeswax

Spoon number 8 

Eucalyptus, oiled with orange oil and beeswax 

The sound of banana stems twisting

Basket making is addictive 

This one is from mulberry and quince tree prunings for the ribs

Banana stems for the weave

It's a present

I'm on a mission to only make presents this year 

Another spoon

For a present
another mulberry spoon
i haven't been making them for a while
looking forward to swinging an axe again soon

The sound of collecting eggs

The basket is done

The egg collector is happy 

The sound of wood chips

A pruned mulberry tree

some time

an axe

a knife 

and then some spoons

given as presents to friends

and family

and a stranger in the USA

The sound of corn husks

We have new chickens and a new hutch. 

Maeve can now collect the eggs herself. 

She needed a basket as eggs are fragile. 

Quince prunings and string made from corn husks. 

It was lovely to make.

I'm planning another.