This has been a good week. The weather, for the most part, has been warm and beautiful, something that goes a long way toward ensuring I have decent cognitive functioning. Also this week I completed a project that my wife’s friend asked about some months ago, making her an urn for her cremains. I told her that my skills were deteriorating rapidly but I would give it a go.
So, at the beginning of this week, I started the urn. It is a scroll saw urn. Meaning that the wood is cut into equally thick rings on a specified angle. Each just a bit smaller in diameter than the one above or below, depending on whether it's the top or bottom. The rings are then glued together as concentrically as possible and then the fun begins. Freehand sanding. The final shape of this urn is more or less predetermined by the angle the wooden rings were cut on and the thickness of the wood but the final shape in your minds eye when you begin the sanding process is what determines the true final shape. For instance, the original, the one she dashed based her request on, was much more squatting, more rounded, shorter. But, to me anyway, the differences don’t detract from the pieces, it adds to its individuality.
Having a relatively clear week truly made this leess frustrating than it could have been. Sure I made the wrong cuts on several occasions and had to recut that piece but the error rate was less than normal. The quality of workmanship on this project was well below that of the 1st but I’m just thrilled I could complete it at all. Two months ago when the weather was at its lowest temps, there is no way I could have completed this project. Now, for the time being, it was a joy and a blessing to be able to complete a project again with some degree of confidence.
Take care.
Randy
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Randy; victories seem to be where you find them. Your skills are more "portable" from your real life to your this-life. Mine, not so much. My only "skill" that I can still do something for my wife with are my technical skills WRT networking, operational and asset security, streaming encryption protocols and remote system file location. In other words I can still fire up the VPN, know where to look and safely download first-run movies for her since we can't go to the theaters for real. For years she has sacrificed going to the movies for me, so nowadays when I can do it safely, I get her the best I can. Tonight she is watching Avengers: Endgame with me in bed. But thats about all I got.
Randy, Beth here. You did a beautiful job. So beautiful, if I wasn't going to go into my son's cats urn, I would love you to make me one. However, if you still do little thing (like my beautiful pipe) I will take anything you make. Your work is beautiful and you should be proud. My love to you and Karen.
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