This year I decided to make presents for my kids which was quite rewarding, albeit time consuming. It was pretty cool knowing that I had personally harvested the wood for all of their gifts, excluding the western redcedar for my son’s arrows.
1. Bow and arrow set for my son Emmett. The bow is made of California black oak, Quercus kelloggii, and the arrows are western redcedar or Thuja plicata. I made a flemish twist bowstring with center serving and yarn silencers.
2. Carved rabbit for my daughter Eleanor, made of western juniper or Juniperus occidentalis.
3. Carved spoon for Eleanor, made of birchleaf mountain mahogany or Cercocarpus betuloides.
