If you don’t have the book by Chris Lubkemann, “Whittling Twigs and Branches” then you’re really missing a treat in crafting with natural materials. Mr. Lubkemann makes many different birds with his pocket knife and twigs from the limbs of trees. Although he makes his tail feathers very skillfully right from the same twig, I’ve developed another “fool-proof” method for obtaining the feathers by using shavings made on a shaving horse using a drawblade. Mr. Lubkemann’s method is definitely preferred but I’ve discovered another method which works best when teaching the kids how to do it in my woodshop class. Curling the tail feathers with a pocket knife takes a bit of practice and works best when the twig has obtained just the right amount of moisture. By drying out the twigs and shavings in advance my method is an almost fool-proof way to start making these wonderful roosters right away and kids can have almost guaranteed success in just one class. Once again, if you don’t have Mr. Lubkemann’s book then I strongly reccomend adding it to your library He also offers workshops and you can find more information on them at his website: www.whittlingwithchris.com I’ve never been fortunate enough to attend but I hear that they’re really great! Visit my blog at woodtrails.blogspot.com for more carving ideas. Background music is titled, “Enter The Party” provided courtesy of “Music Kevin MacLeod”
“I Am the Walrus” is a 1967 song by The Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon/McCartney. Lennon claimed he wrote the first two lines on separate acid trips. The song was in The Beatles’ 1967 television film and album Magical Mystery Tour, and was the B-side to the #1 hit “Hello, Goodbye”. Lennon composed the avant-garde song by combining three songs he had been working on. When he learned that a teacher at his old primary school was having his students analyse Beatles’ lyrics, he added a verse of nonsense words. The walrus is a reference to the walrus in Lewis Carroll’s “The Walrus and the Carpenter” (from the book Through the Looking-Glass). Lennon expressed dismay upon learning that the walrus was a villain in the poem. Origins The genesis of the lyrics is found in three song ideas that Lennon was working on, the first of which was inspired by hearing a police siren at his home in Weybridge; Lennon wrote the lines “Mis-ter cit-y police-man” to the rhythm of the siren. The second idea was a short rhyme about Lennon sitting in his garden, while the third was a nonsense lyric about sitting on a corn flake. Unable to finish the ideas as three different songs, he combined them into one. Lennon received a letter from a pupil at Quarry Bank Grammar School, which he had attended. The writer mentioned that the English master was making his class analyse Beatles’ lyrics. (Lennon wrote an answer, dated September 1, 1967, which was auctioned by Christie’s of London …
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