New Induku website

In an attempt to separate the Induku shop from taking over this blog, I have created a website exclusively for blogging about the shop. This blog will continue as before but with fewer posts on what I am making and selling. You are of course more than welcome (and even encouraged) to head over to the new site and see the new and exciting projects I am working on - just click here.  Feel free to also follow the new blog ;)

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Shop open

After several months messing about with bits of wood I have accumulated several things that I think could be of interest to other people. I thus created an online shop using the ETSY platform  (shop here) - opened on 15 September 2015. Here you are welcome to look at some of the products I have and I would very much appreciate critical feedback and suggestions. Of course if you fancy anything please feel free to do some shopping :)

The name of the shop is Induku. This is the Zulu word for stick. I started carving sticks into small chess figures while living in an apartment carving sticks. Some of the items (especially the maple pendants) are made from mere sticks that I pick up. I think the name is somewhat appropriate. 

There are several items in the shop and all were made using a scroll saw (more details on how some items are made and about the scroll saw in a future post). Two main groups are books and wooden pendants.

Books

I needed a book a while ago (how to make a denim book), and enjoyed the process quite a lot. I thus made some of the scroll saw pictures into books covers and bound them in a few different ways.

Some of the items may look a bit grim - but that is part of the style...

I decided to make it possible to add a personal touch. 

If your name is on the cover please send me your postal address ;)

Any suggestions on what would be cool on a cover is appreciated

Pendants

Since I had a load of sticks laying in the basement I decided to cut them into discs to be able to cut with the scroll saw. The simple pictures that are possible to cut makes nice pendants.

Most of the pendants currently in stock

A bit of a puzzle

Will someone buy both?

Infamous characters.

Other
As inspiration strikes I will make other things also. Currently I am making a clock face and will have some extra to sell. But I also have a whole book full of ideas (a denim book), and will continue to make all sorts of items.

Some of the other items - these are from alder-wood.

I am not sure if there is any market for the things I made but it is fun to make and I will post more on the process of some of these items. 

R&C

Induku on ETSY