Cabinet Paddle. I’ve had an old draw knocking around. It’s been waiting for me to do something, so I set to it with a saw. The lock and holes to fit the handle still present, it’s former life still marked, haunting it. (I also like the connection to draws that I have been drawing.)
I’ll put in joints again, the other preoccupation I have, it’s purpose and use rePlaced.
I love the history to the materials again, more than just a cut of wood it’s history marks it and places it in and out of time. ‘Time is out of joint’. (The wood smelt peculiar when I cut it, it’s history was given up in it’s scent, mothballs and varnish and everyday life).
I hope to make this a little better than the current ‘Physical Sketches’, cut the joints nice.
I also had a practice carving it that I will need to cover somehow as it detracts from the dialogue. More copper cladding perhaps.