You are here !
It's 2020 and none is allowed to travel far to visit us or the moors so ive decided to bring here to you :-)
Everything is made right here on the edge of the moor and where possible i use local resources, wood, pigments, beeswax from moorland heather bees, stone and whatever i can gather.
Cupid himself was enlisted to help with the creation of this heart.
Carved from the felled sycamore tree i rescued from the Brontë kirkyard, next to the parsonage, some of the most amazing grains, spalting and forms occur around the softer, rotten or weathered parts of the wood. In addition to the special beeswax preserver ive been developing (more about that on other posts ) this particular piece was weakened by the soft area running through the centre. I was a little concerned the crack may widen in the future and so cupid was consulted and he suggested this arrow based on the idea of a butterfly spline.
Once finished the heart was soaked in my own beeswax preserver (made from raw wax by bees who produce moorland heather honey from local hives)
Cupid himself was enlisted to help with the creation of this heart.
Carved from the felled sycamore tree i rescued from the Brontë kirkyard, next to the parsonage, some of the most amazing grains, spalting and forms occur around the softer, rotten or weathered parts of the wood. In addition to the special beeswax preserver ive been developing (more about that on other posts ) this particular piece was weakened by the soft area running through the centre. I was a little concerned the crack may widen in the future and so cupid was consulted and he suggested this arrow based on the idea of a butterfly spline.
Once finished the heart was soaked in my own beeswax preserver (made from raw wax by bees who produce moorland heather honey from local hives)
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The Brontë parsonage key holder.(as it was before the extension was built) Ive painted the windows with ochre pigment made from bog iron i collected at Benty hole, next to Top Withens. The door is made from the sycamore i rescued in the kirkyard, next to the parsonage so seemed quite fitting. Made from British oak, Ive set in 3 dowels to hold the keyrings and treated the whole piece with homemade beeswax polish made by local moorland heather bees ! It's very Haworth |
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