Three Arrows Design

I was able to get the Figured Maple and Lignum Vitae Churchwarden pipe pretty much completed. Well, I still need to put a finish on it but other than that it is basically done.

It was a complete pain in the butt because of the multiple piece long stem which had to be fitted together in two places with metal connecter rods but in the end I feel like it turned out pretty good for my first pipe ever.

Now to het the Figured Walnut Pipe completed......

I am still working on the figured maple Churchwarden pipe (it's been a nightmare) but I am already starting the second one. This will be a shorter stemmed pipe made with figured "crotch" Walnut and will have a deer antler tipped mouthpiece.

I've been so busy the last week that I haven't had a lot of time to work on the Church warden style pipe that I was making. I had a little time to rough shape it out yesterday.

I still have a lot of work to do but it's looking good so far. This is my first time trying my hand at making a pipe and it has not gone smoothly BUT I am not going to give up quite yet! I am using two different kinds of curly maple, as well as accent stripes Lignum vitae.

Next up on the workbench....I am going to try my hand at making a Church warden pipe. The first one is going to be made using Olivewood and then I am going to try and find some really nice highly figured quilted or curly Maple to make another.

Cutting board #29 is finished and ready to be wrapped up and placed under the tree.

This one ended up right at 14"x11" and was made using Bocote, Padauk, Paulownia, Mahogany and Purpleheart.

Cutting board #28 is finished and ready to be wrapped and put under the tree.

This one ended up being 17"x10" and was made using Zebrawood, Paulownia, Curly Purpleheart and Maple.

Cutting board #27 is finished and ready to be wrapped and put under the tree.

This one ended up being 12.75"x9.5" and was made using Maple, Zebrawood, Walnut, Paulownia and Bolivian rosewood.

I was able to get cutting boards #27 and #28 rough sanded today. Should have them both finished up this weekend.

Cutting board #28 mocked up will be ready to glue up this weekend!

Cutting board #27 is mocked up and almost ready to glue. This one is made using Marblewood, Purpleheart, Maple, and Zebrawood.

I grew some gooseneck gourds last year with the goal of making some ladles and bowls with. I harvested them and had them drying all year in the garage attic and sorta forgot about them. 😅

Fast forward to to a few months ago when I tried my hand and basket weaving (not a fan). After that fell through I remembered the gourds and decided I would just make a basket with the biggest one I had.

I was able to finish it up and I feel pretty good about it. There are some things I will do different on the next one but it's a pretty good first draft. I am growing Corsican gourds this year to make bowels/baskets so there will be more to come.

*the ornamental gourds inside the basket I also grew last year and will be used to make gourd rattle/shakers soon.