Works in Stone
Here you will find a list of pages showing how I made a variety of different candle holders and table centre pieces out of sandstone from my back yard.
What do I do with all the pieces I make? Well, in addition to the pieces that we keep for use in our house, I’ve also been knows to give a few of them away to friends and family as gifts and have even put a few up as prizes on Flavoursome Delights, our food and cooking site.
If you’d like to see which pieces are available as prizes you can visit the prize page here. |
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Recently, my wife and I were invited to a friend’s wedding. All well and good, I love a good wedding. Of course the next question that springs to mind is what shall we give as a wedding gift? As they were long time friends and I really dislike wedding registers, I decided to go out on a limb and make them something really special and unique.
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I think it was roughly one and a half years ago that a particularly windy storm went through our suburb and knocked over our fence. I didn’t realize it at the time but the act of getting it fixed would actually set the stage and allow me to craft a set of sandstone candle holders for my brother’s wedding present.
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Carved from a single piece of solid sandstone, this shallow bowl, surrounded by a ring of tea light candle holders is sure to impress when used as a centrepiece for the dining table. The bowl can be filled with water, glass beads or even potpourri making it ideally suited to match in with the rest of the decoration theme and as it’s solid stone, it’s sturdy enough for use both in and outdoors.
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Ccomprising three pieces, each a different height and carved in a wave pattern. It was made using the same techniques and the last of the stone left over from one of my other projects to make a wedding present for my brother.
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I particularly like these pieces. They came from a single piece of red sandstone found in my garden when I was digging a terrace to create a bit of flat lawn for the kids to play on.
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