Flute 365 – Day 51 – Splitsville!
So… here we go again after a seven day hiatus due to my day job! Sadly it’s with bad news about the branch flute… 🙁
Flute 365 – Day 50 – Planning a Branch Flute…
There’s a privet bush at the end of our drive which regularly needs trimming… today I took this off – and decided to make a flute with it. It’s going to be a while drying – the ends are capped with beeswax.
Flute 365 – Day 49 – New stock enters the world…
The new flute I posted about the other day goes out into the world for sale…
Flute 365 – Day 48 – Here be dragons!
Well… flutes and tools, anyway 🙂 The entrance to Stonelaughter Towers.
Flute 365 – Day 47 – Maker’s Mark
Most flute makers make some mark on their flutes to identify their work – mine’s pretty simple; an image of Kokopeli, “SL” for my name, and the key of the flute. A loose grain like western red cedar makes it hard to be neat!!
Flute 365 – Day 46 – A new flute is born!
This flute was made today… B Flat and made of Western Red Cedar, with a cherry bird.
Flute 365 – Day 45 – Enter the Shop!
If you’re in Nottingham and fancy some wonderful Craft stuff – take a look in the new craft store at 62 Station Road, Sandiacre, Nottingham. There’s some flutes there you might recognise…!!
Flute 365 – Day 44 – Slots
Cutting a slot for a thread binding is not always an exact science, even on the lathe.
Flute 365 – Day 43 – GRIPS!
You can’t put a round hollow wooden thing into a vice. Nuh-uh. It squashes and splits. So – you cut a “V” into a couple of bits of wood, line the Vs with old leather, and use THEM to grip the flute in the vice. Now it’s being held from all sides and can’t squash […]
Flute 365 – Day 42 – Rough beginnings…
While it’s being made, a flute’s potential for beauty is only dimly visible.