Whittled Whimsey #4
Signed and dated PR Drumm, 2004
Maple(?) (Table leg)
29 1/2" x2" max.Dia.
Exhibited on World Wide Web, http://www.whittledwhimseys.com
Whittled Whimsey #4 is another table leg recycled
into new life as imaginative whimsey work of art. The head has
working lock, and the foot has hasp. No two locks are the same,
and a lot of thought has been put into the mechanism, using entirely
different ways to lock. Much of the old finish on this table leg
has been retained to show its origin.
The theme of WW#4 is unclear, as several different
pieces and connections are used for the fun of it, a true one-piece
whimsey. The lock is connected by chain links, so is the box.
The next wood-turned section is a 4-bar cage with
ball inside, but the ball is a toggle-end connected to ball inside
second wood-turned section 4-bar cage with yet another ball inside,
connected to 4-bar cage with 3 similar cages, with ball inside
last one.
That cage is, in turn, connected by toggle-joint
to what was a wood-turned ring which is linked to another wood-turned
ring.
This is linked to a pivot-joint which holds an intricately-hinged
pear-shaped cage with pear-shaped object inside. The hinges swing
open like winged doors.
Yet another toggle-joint attaches to wood-turned
ring that is attached by chain links to a ring which is toggle-jointed
to a tapering spiraling cage containing an object that spirals
downwards according to which way the spiral cage is held.
The difficulty level of the spirals is illustrated
by the toothpick-reinforcements that had to be inserted toward
the end. This was not planned while carving, just grew like Topsy,
a real Whimsey.
Five photos show progression from head to foot.
Photo #1 shows the coiled whimsey. |
