…deep and joyous gratitude to Shlomit Moria - Bushwood Creations for teaching me how to whittle & release the wood sprites! Such a brilliant workshop for skills, inspiration and great company - thank you! It’s been over a decade in the dreaming, and just the beginning of the journey - I can’t wait to see who else is hiding and whispering in the timber… 🧚🏽
….and to whittle away the time with my boys! I can see this will be a deep love in our family… 🥰
Amanda The art of
reducing
a solid block of square
each side gets its own view
flat, collapsed
too scared to lose
the plan
and the block
of a vision
though you must be willing to chop away
yes chopping is good
be brave to let go
the block
cut your sharp knife in
so you know for sure the way of the grains
and the way of the cuts
be brave to let go
what’s not needed
be brave to protect
what’s so needed
un-square
the block
little by little
round-off
your
vision
Many thanks to the beloved @shlomit_woodcarving
for a wonderful day of whittling obsession at her studio.
I learned a lot from her and took home yet another inspiring craft to practice on 🪵🪚😅🐳🦉and the most precious gift of presence, persistence, adaptation, abundance and beauty! 🍃🍂🌱🌿🌳
WeiyuMany arts Studio Hi Shlomit,
Thank you so much again for the whittling class on Sunday, I enjoyed it so much! I came home and started sketching out more figures to carve!
Cheers!
LisaMelbourne