One day in the workshop.
Today we will visit Tove.
Let's see...
Here she is.
Hello!
TOUGH, OLD WOMAN IN THE WORKSHOP.
These days Tove use a lot of time in the workshop.
It's been less wildlife,
in November and December.
Every day you are outdoors with the dogs,
Yes.
but you have hours at this place.
Your main project is the work with different burls.
Yes!
Just look at all these!
oi - oi - oi!
Here I have one that is too moist ...
Yes.
it has started to rot.
But I think I can save it.
That's good.
Yes indeed!
Look at the patterns.
Let's see.
I hope I have the possibility to save it.
I have to do something with it....
Yes.
You are searching for trees.
And you see them easy if they are in the surroundings.
Oh - yes ;)
And then you boil them in the kitchen.
Yes, you have taped that prosess.
Yes, we will show it.
You remove the bark.
just after boiling the burl.
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8...
Here it is,
I missed one of them.
I have to take care of them you see!
You have to take care of the burls.
Take care,
have a look at them every day,
and keep an eye on
the drying process.
The dinner for today ;)
Hi - hi.
Isn't in necessary to keep the bark under water?
Yes, but it's not room enough.
That's right.
Then you have to turn it around,
after a while.
Yes.
Boil them for half a hour.
And then.....
it's just to start taking the bark away.
What do you want to make of this one?
Maybe a hedgehog ;)
He - he, it can turn out to be a hedgehog.
It's almost a hedgehog already.
Would have been cool to make a hedgehog.
But, you have a green birch burl,
and boil it as fast as possible,
then it's easy to turn off the bark.
If the burl is dry, it's impossible.
Yes.
I want to move off the bark,
then it's easier to see what I have to work with.
Yes, in a way you can see
if it's something you can use or not.
This one looked like a smooth burl,
but it isn't.
It's separated in here.
Yes.
And, if I really want to make a hedgehog
I have to take the bark away.
Yes.
Do you want to tell what kind of burls which is useable?
It depends, but often....
the one with spikes, like this one,
have a lot of beautiful patterns.
Yes.
Sometimes you use them to make knife handles.
Yes.
Absolutely.
But then the burl has to be bigger than this one
Look at the spikes.
Yes.
You have to be careful to
not destroy the wood.
Yes.
Now it's easy to remove the bark.
m - m
This is a exercise to be patient, Tove.
Yes.
With this kind of work you are really
patient!
Maybe ;)
Yes, you are.
And these days you have a lot of ideas in your head.
I love it!
Why have you made this little hole?
Because it's easier to....
I think you have to follow me outside to chop this one.
It's easier to,
dig out when it is
moist.
It's easier to dig out the burl when it's green.
You start to dig a little hole,
and then the burl shall dry.
You are working more in the workshop now,
because of a hole in the wall?
Yes.
Why?
What's this all about?
Enja!
Enja!
Look here!
Enja and Kiro are the reason!
Yes!
Because Tove is a bit addicted to her friends.
They have their outdoor room here.
To get it
ideal,
Morten has helped us to make
a little door.
And out here -
is the outdoorspace for the dogs.
Kiro!
Kiro, Kiro, Kiro!
Kiro, Kiro!
Here you are!
You have to go outside and chop on those.
Yes.
I don't like that this one is cracked like this,
this is the best of them all.
Look at it!
Yes, it's beautiful.
Is it possible to stop the cracking
by using the ax?
Yes, I will chop away a part,
and then paste.
Yes.
Paste the end grain, which will slow down the drying.
Maybe slow enough to prevent the cracking.
You have a little chop area outside...
Yes.
I have ground the little ax too!
Possible to chop away a lot!
Of all the dreams and burls Tove has
it's not all that is successful.
No.
Some cracks, and are destroyed in other ways.
Just now she tries to save this one.
What is possible to make out of this Tove?
The plan is to make kuksas.
Yes.
Otherwise I can use them....
to whatever I want.
Knife handles.
Knife handles and kuksas.
The burl itself don't cracks so fast,
because the grain goes in different directions.
Yes.
But I want to have a handle on the kuksa,
Yes.
Look here,
This must be a part of the handle.
and I have to make it smooth for sure ;)
And here is the kuksa itself.
It will be nice.
When you have a piece of wood in your hands,
you start to shape it in your head at once.
Yes.
I do!
Then you can imagine what it would be?
Yes.
Then I know how to...
shape it too ;)
Finished the chopping.
Yes.
At least finished two of them.
I have to look at the others too.
Tove, now you put on some glue.
Yes.
To prevent the tree from cracking.
You want to save the burls.
Is this a smart trick?
Yes.
It is usual to do this in the wood drying process,
then I guess it's perfect here too.
Here is something else,
we hope to show you more of this
another time.
Last week Tove has worked with these boxes too.
This is shaker boxes.
Two different boxes Tove has made.
This is decorated with runes.
And the symbol of the god Freyia in Norse mythology.
I want to show you...
The lid is perfectly adapted.
Look.
You use a lot of hours to make one shaker box, Tove.
Yes!
Let me tell you!
It fits perfect -
like this.
And this one......
decorated with kolrosing technique on the lid.
To do this Tove cuts a pattern with a knife,
and then you apply bark?
Bark powder.
Bark powder
down into the carving.
The starting material for this box is....
You have one up beside the pictures.
It is a
thin
piece of wood,
straight-grained wood, not bent yet.
This one.
You can see it under here.
We want to make a video of how
Tove bend the wood for shaker boxes.
You have to put it into water,
lukewarm water,
for a long time,
many hours,
and then
you bend it,
around a binding form.
Now you can show the cool burl up there.
Here, we have another burl.
Oi, it looks like a brain.
"To be or not to be!"
"That's the question!"
Oi - it cracks a lot.
Not good at all.
I think this one is for knife handles.
You want to make handles of it.
If I can save it.
Knife handles.
Here we have some blades.
You are going to make some knives.
You are doing a lot of different things.
Thinking and planning
different artwork.
Here you have material to three knife handles.
You have already worked a lot with these ones.
Creative processes like this
takes place in what other people may think is a mess.
But Tove know where to find what she want ;)
Here we have something else!
Never ending guiding ;)
Once upon a time,
we
made videos about a guy called Jørgen.
Do you remember that?
And Jørgen
met Torvald on his last trip, before
Jørgen was given to one of you.
Torvald has experienced a lot since then.
His head has been gnawed by Kiro.
This is Torvald.
Is this a new head, or the old one?
It's the old one,
but it is a bit damaged.
I haven't fixed it yet.
But it's no problem,
I can just cut of the old head and make a new one ;)
That's the advantage with Torvald as a carved "person".
If it's impossible to fix the head,
after what Kiro has done,
we just cut it of and put on a new one.
Yes.
More difficult with us humans ;)
So you change your activity.
Yes I do.
The first priority today
is to look after of all my burls.
Yes.
To take care of them.
Take care of the burls.
Most of them are birch burls,
and here you have linden wood,
the material you use to the dragon/viking kuksas
Yes.
It's linden you use to Torvald and his companions too.
Yes.
I just have to look how it turns out.
This will be a little "dram-cup" (a cup for a little shot)
For how long time should it dry now?
I don't know.....
I have to follow the process,
take a look at it now and then....
Yes.
But if you have to suggest?
Half a year.
About half a year.
Maybe I will,
experiment with using the micro.
Yes.
Never use the knife towards yourself ;)
That's true.
Except when you know what you're doing ;)
Now I will dig out again.
I just have to put on some glue first.
This one.....
Tove has a lot of different tools in her workshop.
The bandsaw.
Yes, I use it a lot.
It's an important tool.
You have to be skilled to use it!
Yes, that's the best!
It's necessary.
It's a dangerous tool.
The best thing
is to dig out some of the wood while the burl is green.
Some part of the carving before the drying process.
Yes.
Is that because you want to prevent it from cracking?
Yes, the wood will dry faster,
and then
it's easier
to work with it...
Yes.
No, what I want to say is....
the wood is softer!
The wood is softer when it's green.
So then you dig out a part of it...
Yes.
and then it should dry for half a year or longer.
Yes, longer time is ok.
It depends what else I have to do.
That's true.
Just now I have some knife blades I want to work with.
For example, this.
It would be nice as a earring.
That's what I want to make.
You are digging.
Beware of your nose,
this is dangerous for noses.
Yes, I'm digging out
green wood.
My plan is
if you look at this one,
the cup will be just here,
and the handle out this way.
Then it will be pattern in the handle too.
It's a lot of work.
I think I hav 14 different burls just now.
Yes, then you have enough to do ;)
I don't stress - just do it when I want.
Yes.
Bit by bit.,
and vary slightly between the different projects.
Yes.
The next project I will start with,
is in fact....
I will start brushing these knife blade with sandpaper.
Make them shiny.
Until now I have just used the belt sanders,
now I wil brush them by hand.
I will start with sandpaper 80.
You can see my signatur just here.
It's written Tove.
Then I use the vices,
and start with sandpaper 80.
Thank you for showing us your workshop!
Just fun!
Guess I will make a lot of different stuff here
in the future.
Yes for sure,
in between your outdoor life you use your time here.
That's true.
But most of all, you look forward to....
SNOW!!!
Winter and snow,
and all your winter experiences.
Oh - yes!
Thank you for following.
Welcome back!
We appreciate comments.
And maybe you want to try a bit at home...
making different beautiful things ;)
Yes, just ask me if it is anything...
Maybe I can answer,
I will try.
Guess you can.
Then,
see you later!
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