We're back to finish this build of something I could see myself using as a DnD Dungeon Master or even to walk around town doing my impression of being the White Wizard sent by Eru Ilúvatar (Ilúvatar) itself.
If you wanna check the beginning of this project, just click on the hyperlink.
Ready or not, here we go!
All Roads lead to Sanding
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Any woodworking project always lead back to sanding. If you're wondering how people did it in the past, well, they might have had their ways. Some animal skins are abrasive. Scraping is a very old technique that predates sanding. And maybe they just liked rough finishes.
On this build, we have a combination of both elements. I wanted to sand some of the surface of the staff. However, the lower portion is basically untouched. This stems from the idea of this staff being something made by nature and only having minimal human interaction to finish its form. Also, it doesn't show so much on the photos, but the staff goes from a styled form on the top with its hooflike head to a body or handle that is kind of square. I loved this detail so much in the piece that decided to leave it as it was.
Sanding was just a thing of removing some of the marks left by chisel and knife and smoothing the surface on the on the top portion. That to give some room to a natural kind of finish and having a very good looking staff.
Burnt
Something I wasn't sure to leave unscathed was the butt of the staff. It had a weird shape. So I decided to burn it and give some other kind of detail at the end. That way we have a portion that looks clean on the top and that bottom part that resembles an accident. Maybe something related to learning to use magic with such a tool
To do this, I went to the stove in the back yard of the house. Here we tend to cooking anything thar requires lots of ventilation like fish. So turn on the burner and starting burning the tail of the staff carefully. At some point of the task, it caught fire and I have to take off the flame. However, the charred finish looks nice on that portion of the staff.
Title
This last set of photos is just to showcase the results of the staff. I went ahead and applied some teak oil on the whole piece to protect it from humidity, but not so much. This piece of wood was subjected to sun, salt and water by being carried by the see to the beach, so there's little I can so to protect it further.
Anyways, these are the results of my build for a staff. I have named it Daughter of the Sea. And I gotta say, it's been a blast to get out of my usual builds to make something simple life a staff that still requires some planning and other kind of tricks to get it right.
What do you think about it?
You have gazed upon the Salt-jewel. You have one chance to ask some piece of wisdom. However, if you don't know the language of the waves, you might not understand the answer.
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Edición/Editing 🎬: by me, made with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
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