Category: Crafts and Hobbies
Hello to all, I like collecting, well normally buying admitedly wooden objects, started with wooden fruit, but got loads of different wooden objects, perhaps not surprising I think I start due to feel of them, bordering into carvings, but one of my best buys was I went to the Black Forest in Germany on holiday about a decade must be slightly more as it was before the Euro came in, and bought a number of carved wooden objects for arediculously low price, this one may sound weird but my Garden centre sold wooden objects for a while, "Weird" 'coz I bought from them a wwooden snale, but got loads of wooden objects, from the NOrht of Engalnd, a wooden rabbit, and a carved gentleman who looks as if he is fishing (well that is from memory) but got many others, been a little poor in getting new ones, so when times allows must start again, got an idea to get to add to my fruit,a wooden banana, could have got it already but didn't remember last December, so got another oportunity in June perhaps, and from that one I got a wooden toadstool! anyway there you go voila!:)) Kind regards, Timber AKA Timothy Bamber
Interesting what people are given to collect.
For awhile I colleced some wooden crates to use as storage boxes
as I could stash them in a corner and stack one on top of the other.
If you ever make it to Oregon, try and visit a Made in Oregon store. Little wooden trinkets and things there, rather interesting looking, and still very popular while other stores have come and gone.
I grew up with a woodworker so, while I don't personally collect, I do understand the appreciation of such things. A lot of intricate labor involved, many many steps, and a rough ugly piece of wood becomes a rather nice piece of work.
My father made my daughter a wooden caterpillar - the insect - which she could pull around like they do at age 2 or so. I don't remember whatever happened to it, but she loved it when she had it. Her mom may have it in a box someplace, who knows.