The Craftsman's Toolbox: tools in their native habitat
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Assembling everything to make a Japanese temari ball, I guess that this is in fact the basic 'toolkit' that you need.
Big or small you need a 'core' ball around which you work. A needle and many, many pins - then the yubinuki (finger rings that act like a thimble) and very small and precise scissors. And then a paper strip guide (to fit the ball for size) and only then can you choose the colour threads you want to use to weave the pattern.
For the Crazy Tuesday challenge: "Tools"
Crazy Tuesday: Here
Still Life 2: Here
This is the lock on a wooden tool box. It's one of the first toolboxes I acquired when I started working as a machinist. An old fellow that was retiring offered to sell it to me at a price I could afford. It was old and shop-worn then as it is even more so now after 40 years in my care. It didn't come with a key so I've never locked it. The image is about 70mm top to bottom. HMM and thank you all for any views, faves and comments.
...Wanting to become an artist will not make me a Velasquez!
Ma boîte à outils... N'est pas Velasquez qui veut!
(Schneider-Kreuznach Componon-S 1:2,8/50mm + bellows)
Tiny screws and nut for phono cartridges on a wooden ruler (0-1cm).
These, are now, vintage tools from my dad and grandpop.
single strobe (Flashpoint 360) in 36" soft box. through a scrim.
Hex key set lined up on the tool box.
I had a few ideas lined up for this challenge quite a while ago but that was when I was at home. Right now I'm dog sitting for friends and staying in their house. So I've been rifling through every room looking for something metal to photograph. Naturally I ended up nosing around the work bench looking at the tools. (Just like many others…) This is were I ended up. HMM.
I’ve got a Husky toolbox for my wrenches and other tools but it seemed a crime to put wood tools in it. So I decided to build my dream toolbox. To keep with the wood theme, every component is wooden, the box, hinges, latches, and handle. The wood is honduran mahogany and the finish is lacquer.
I’ve got a Husky toolbox for my wrenches and other tools but it seemed a crime to put wood tools in it. So I decided to build my dream toolbox. To keep with the wood theme, every component is wooden, the box, hinges, latches, and handle. The wood is honduran mahogany and the finish is lacquer.
Caja de Herramientas
Hotel Bosques de la Alhambra, 1910 “Hotel Reuma” por la humedad y Torre de Comares
Popularly ‘Hotel Rheuma’ due to humidity
Taken on my bed, I am rich, I have a studio in my bedroom... :)
Please view large if you would, it looks pretty bad in the smaller version... :)
The passenger floorboard of my vehicle cast a nice deep shadow around this toolbox. I thought it gave this a great monochrome character.
Inside the small tools toolbox. Taken for 'Saturday Self Challenge': "Box of tricks"
About as tidy looking as I could get it :-)
Got this cool old toolbox that's completely rusted all over from one of our employees brother who's moving. She was going to paint it and I told no way! I love all the rust and dings. It tells you the thing has a history.
Tool (noun) - a device or implement, especially one held in the hand, used to carry out a particular function.
PADDY: "Hullo Scout! It's such a nice day out that Cousin Paddington, Bogart, Jago and I are going to play hide-and-seek outside in the garden. Come and play with us."
SCOUT: "Well, I'd like to, but just now I am helping Peter out. You know, Peter, mijn beste vriend."
PADDY: "Yes Scout, we know Peter."
COUSIN PADDINGTON: "Scout, what are you doing with that nutcracker?"
SCOUT: *Giggles.* "Oh Cousin Paddington! This isn't a nutcracker! A nutcracker looks like the big teethed gentleman in the ballet, 'The Nutcracker'! This is a pair of plyers!"
COUSIN PADDINGTON: "I can assure you Scout, that what you have are nutcrackers. Where did you get them from?"
SCOUT: "From the messy kitchen drawer that Daddy shoves random things into. I thought they would be the perfect place to find some plyers." *Nods enthusiastically.*
PADDY: "Scout, Cousin Paddington is right. Those are nutcrackers."
SCOUT: *Looks at nutcrackers.* "Oh pooh! They looked like plyers. I need to give Peter mijn beste vriend some plyers! Paddy, do you have any plyers I could borrow?"
PADDY: *Looks alarmed at Scout.* "Well, no I don't, Scout."
JAGO: "Pardon me for asking you this, Scout, but why do you need to give Peter a pair of plyers?"
SCOUT: "Because his are stuck in the toolbox, Jago. He can't get them out."
PADDY: "And... and I'm not quite sure I want to ask this... but why does Peter need a pair of plyers, Scout?"
SCOUT: "Well, you know Jago's best friend, Benny? Well, he had a toothache."
JAGO: "I know, Scout. I had Daddy make him some delicious Monk Pear tea and I gave him some of Daddy's delicious melt-in-the-mouth shortbreads. He is feeling better already."
COUSIN PADDINGTON: "What do plyers have to do with Benny and his toothache, Scout?" *Alarmed.*
SCOUT: "Well, Peter has offered to pull his teeth out, and he needs plyers to do it."
PADDY, COUSIN PADDINGTON, BOGART and JAGO: *Look concerned."
BOGART: "How does Benny feel about having his teeth pulled out with plyers. I can't say I like the sound of that."
SCOUT: "Well Peter hasn't actually asked Benny. However, he thought and thought about it hard and came up with the answer. Isn't that clever of him?"
JAGO: "Scout!" *Horrified.* "Peter can't just go extracting my best friend Benny's teeth without asking, and certainly not with plyers! I know Peter must have thought long and hard for a solution, and I also know that Peter is only doing this out of love, but he will hurt Benny even more than the toothache if he tries to extract his teeth with plyers! And I know that Peter doesn't want to hurt Benny. Does he, Scout?"
SCOUT: *Puts paw to mouth in concern.* "Goodness no! Peter loves Benny!"
PADDY: "Then you might like to tell Peter that he'd best abandon this idea of extracting Benny's teeth with plyers."
JAGO: "The best way Peter can help Benny, is by helping him not eat too many sweets, as sugary treats are bad for everybear's teeth, and Benny likes eating chocolate. So perhaps Peter could eat less sweet things too, and that way they are both being healthy and good to their teeth."
SCOUT: "What?!? No more chocolates or sweets?!?!? I feel faint!" *Fans himself with paw.*
PADDY: "No, Scout. Jago is suggesting that Peter help Jago to eat sweets in moderation. He..."
SCOUT: "I don't like that word, Paddy! It means not enough or at least not much of something!" *Sulks.* "And that something is usually a nice yummy treat, and that's bad!"
JAGO: "But Scout, isn't a treat supposed to be something you enjoy every now and then? How can it be a treat if you have it every day? If you have it every day, well it would be... would be..." *Scratches head with paw.* "Would be..."
COUSIN PADDINGTON: "Everyday, Jago?"
JAGO: "Exactly, Cousin Paddington. Treats are for special occasions and being extra good, Scout. You wouldn't want Peter's teeth to fall out or have to be taken out by Miss Tooth Doctor, would you?"
SCOUT: "Gosh no, Jago! I don't want anything bad to happen to mijn beste vriend Peter! I love him soooo much!"
JAGO: "And I love Benny very much too, and I don't want his teeth to fall out either. So Peter can help Benny, as can we all, by eating sweet treats in moderation."
SCOUT: *Sighs.* "I suppose so."
PADDY: "Now best you put those nutcrackers back in the drawer in case Daddy is making a walnut cake and needs them to crack open their shells."
JAGO: "And best you tell Peter about how he can help Benny."
SCOUT: "Oh, alright Paddy and Jago." *Sighs heavily. "Did you hear that Peter mijn beste vriend? Paddy and Jago say that you can't extr... extr..."
PADDY: "Extract, Scout."
SCOUT: "You can't pull out Benny's teeth, not even if you ask him. They say the best way to make Benny feel better is to love him and not eat too many sweeties and chocolates... but you still can sometimes, like Easter, Christmas, birthdays, King's Day and other special days, because then sweeties and chocolates are alright to eat and aren't bad for your teeth! Ik hou zooooo veel van jou! Berenkusjes van Scout, je allerbeste vriend!"
My bears Paddy, Scout, Bogart and Jago have made very good friends with four bears in Holland called Peter, Oleg, Fuzzy and Benny www.flickr.com/photos/40262251@N03/galleries/721577154558... and their Mummy www.flickr.com/photos/66094586@N06/. Benny www.flickr.com/photos/40262251@N03/galleries/721577200585... is Jago’s best friend and the two are very similar. What Jago said is true! Poor Benny had a toothache which is recovering from! You can see the picture here or in the first comment below: www.flickr.com/photos/66094586@N06/51879439400/in/datepos... and then Peter had his idea to extract Benny's teeth with plyers! You can see the picture here or in the first comment below: www.flickr.com/photos/66094586@N06/51882469192/in/datepos.... Thank goodness bear logic won out in the end!
My Paddington Bear came to live with me in London when I was two years old (many, many years ago). He was hand made by my Great Aunt and he has a chocolate coloured felt hat, the brim of which had to be pinned up by a safety pin to stop it getting in his eyes. The collar of his mackintosh is made of the same felt. He wears wellington boots made from the same red leather used to make the toggles on his mackintosh.
He has travelled with me across the world and he and I have had many adventures together over the years. He is a very precious member of my small family.
Scout was a gift to Paddy from my friend. He is a Fair Trade Bear hand knitted in Africa. His name comes from the shop my friend found him in: Scout House. He tells me that life was very different where he came from, and Paddy is helping introduce him to many new experiences. Scout catches on quickly, and has proven to be a cheeky, but very lovable member of our closely knit family.
Travelling all the way from London, Cousin Paddington was caught in transit thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic. After so long here he has decided to stop with us permanently. That makes me happy, as the more I look into his happy, smiling face, the more attached I am becoming to him.
Jago is a recent addition to my ever-growing family. A gift from a dear friend in England, he is made of English mohair with suede paw pads and glass eyes. He is a gentle bear, kind and patient who carries an air of calm about him. He is already fitting in with everyone else very nicely.
Bogart has travelled all the way from Georgia, via Alabama as a gift to me from a friend. He has lovely Southern manners and seems to be a fun and gentle soul with an inquisitive nature.