Another note, another day
I roughly carved the first paddle out of a curved piece of willow from nearby Whalebone Cove. I let the wood do much of the designing. The wood indicated the paddle to be leaning, the blade to be slumped. This paddle has now a whale tail subtly carved in the handle in honour of the whale bones found in the cove earlier, entwined within the roots of this willow tree. I like it. I’m learning lots of lessons here. Why paddles? Who knows!
Another day
Continued work on the first paddle, Root paddle, preparing for the final sanding.