Uploaded February 2014 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
A Valentine's gift to last for years to come!
I saw Carl Jacobson doing some flowers the other day and it reminded me of something I had seen about 6 years ago.
Stuart King ...
youtube.com/watch?v=JWWw5HHzvFw
has some very good videos on this subject and in going back and looking the site up... I am sure to be going back for more ideas!! So many ideas I had forgotten about!
Of course different woods will give you different effects...
The Red Alder is fine if you want a bouquet of white flowers... or if you are going to colour them.
The Scotch Broom has that old red growth in the middle (this was an old Broom bush to have a stalk 2" across!) makes a very nice colour combination.
And the pith in the Hemlock could also be left whole and it would look like a flower with a large stamen.
The whole process for 14 flowers and a vase took less than an hour and a half, so it is a quick project and one is a lot of fun to do!
Another fine use of the skew!..I guess it would be one of those projects that they call a skill builder!!
Check your shavings...
Larry
A Valentine's gift to last for years to come!
I saw Carl Jacobson doing some flowers the other day and it reminded me of something I had seen about 6 years ago.
Stuart King ...
youtube.com/watch?v=JWWw5HHzvFw
has some very good videos on this subject and in going back and looking the site up... I am sure to be going back for more ideas!! So many ideas I had forgotten about!
Of course different woods will give you different effects...
The Red Alder is fine if you want a bouquet of white flowers... or if you are going to colour them.
The Scotch Broom has that old red growth in the middle (this was an old Broom bush to have a stalk 2" across!) makes a very nice colour combination.
And the pith in the Hemlock could also be left whole and it would look like a flower with a large stamen.
The whole process for 14 flowers and a vase took less than an hour and a half, so it is a quick project and one is a lot of fun to do!
Another fine use of the skew!..I guess it would be one of those projects that they call a skill builder!!
Check your shavings...
Larry
