Fairy seat!

Stunning.

I take my hat off to you and if I had 10 hats I'd take them all off too!

 

Thanks.

I guess that the bench shouldn't blow away in a hurry!:hehe:

 

Blimey, that is most excelent Eddie. :gnthb:

 

Wow Eddie, that bench is a nice bit of craftmanship, wish i had some talent with wood but it tends to split as soon as i look at it :-(

 

I managed to reach a landmark stage in the log stack project today, and have made it to the height at which I want to start the arch.
The stack is now 5' high at the lower end, and had I known just how much work that this was going to be, I wouldn't have ever started it.
I also managed to quickly knock up a pattern for the arch while I was at work last week, and hopefully I can get the pattern fixed in placed next Saturday in order to start forming the arch on Sunday.
I also now have in mind to make some hanging baskets to fix to the sides. I really need to learn to say that "enough is enough" and just enjoy the stuff rather than keep making it.




I also discovered another form of art while I have been making this, and that is that logs which are very hard to spilt because of grain shape and twist, turn into a really beautiful flowing art form when stood upright and side by side on a flat wooden base. I'm saving this fun for my next project.

Someone was also kind enough to to show me the following photo a week or so ago.



At least I am not the only nut case out there.:thumb:

 

Eddie, what a craftsman, what a Father...now do take a break when the sun is shining..deal?..Good!

Steve...

 

I've been busy again today, and the basic shape is now coming together nicely.

Two more Sundays, and I should be finished!!

 

Many thanks.

The wood oak that forms the shape of the arch is in fact created by using continuous lengths. I simply put saw cuts into them to try and make them look like smaller logs.

I made a pattern to form the arch, and whilst it probably would have stayed put, I didn't want to chance it so screwed each piece of wood together. I then took something called builders band (basically steel banding on a roll) and laid it over the top and horizontally across the log pile. I then screwed it to the logs and to the wood forming the arch. I'm pretty sure that I could now stand on it quite safely without it collapsing, but won't put to the test yet!


You also can't really see it, but I have also made a rear shelf, and once it is all finished, I plan to make some hanging baskets for it.


You can never have to many seats in a garden, but what I hadn't realised was that this area will get the full attention of the evening sun, so it should prove to be a nice tranquil place to sit on a warm summers evening.

 

beautiful carvings - love the snow horse too

 

I just need to get some more wood to finish the roof, plant a climbing plant, and the log stack will be finished.

 

Blimey Eddie,

Come the spring, a woodpecker is going to see that and just explode :D