Projects on the Go

Just because we're on the road, doesn't mean I can't get my hands stuck into a piece of wood and make some art, car improvements, etc.  Here's a few of the projects that have been keeping me busy on my trip around Aotearoa.

A few rainy weeks that drove me insane with lack of surf produced a decorative wooden spoon, with Maori style waves and a land/sea/sky creature known as a Manaia.  Pretty good for a pen knife project.

Here's a false headboard taking shape from driftwood, an endeavor to leave my artistic mark on our current colorful abode in Nelson (South Island).

It's not all wood- a snapped fin has been repurposed as decorative hood ornament.  Well roof ornament really, as this sucker is now epoxied to the roof of our full of character van, Lucy.  Yeah, that's not coming off any time soon.  Nor is that paint.

Alright, we did a lot to the beloved van, but we needed more storage space, so we made the dash into a small shelf.  While we have been here we have had a lot of success in keeping our projects green and affordable.  We sourced almost all of our materials from items we already had, scraps, found pieces and paints and tried to pay homage to the art of the land we are in.