Amanda Frayer artisan // illustrator // designer

Posts tagged ‘dowel’

Disaster Preparedness
Disaster Preparedness

I finally did it — I broke one of the bands… I was forcing it on a dowel and being too rough with it. Hrmph! Now more than ever I think it’s necessary to have spares in case of disaster. Determined to have six good finished rings, I went through my rejects to salvage another. [...]

How to make a wooden ring (Part 3)
How to make a wooden ring (Part 3)

JUMPING JEHOSAPHATS! I had a close call yesterday afternoon. I was nearly caught out on the balcony whittling Dan’s ring. In all the time I’ve known Dan, he’s never come home early from work. Never. Yesterday he came home over an hour early! Our cat jolted when she heard the door opening, which alerted me [...]