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Whittled Whimsey #10
Signed and dated PR Drumm, 2002
Holly
Each of 3 pliers 7 1/2" x 2 1/4" x 1/2"
Exhibited on World Wide Web, http://www.whittledwhimseys.com
Inspired by a Holger Jensen work, a pair of pliers
in Basswood, Drumm carved three working pliers in Holly, connected
by twelve chain links, all in one piece. The late Holger Jensen
must have had the last laugh when Drumm encountered one knot after
another. Holly is a bush and takes about thirty years to form a
trunk, which is full of knots from all the absorbed branches. It
takes more decades before the trunk is knot-free, like a hundred-year
old Holly tree. The tree Drumm carved was only 3" thick, a
real knotty challenge. The difficulty level was high, especially
since these are not just slip-joint pliers, but pivot joint. |
