This year, we had an award ceremony where all of the roller derby team mates got together and presented an award made for one of the others. You basically had free reign to do whatever. We got the names of the person assigned to you very early on but I just procrastinated forever. I’d been half-looking for inspiration for all those months when I suddenly found it. A sheep themed coaster rack. Made out of wood with the coasters pretending to be the sheep’s wool. I figured, I can make this too.
So in my holiday, I set out to the local home goods store and found a placemat in the right type of colour and thickness of felt. Much easier to do that than to try to find something online. I then went on to the local hardware store and bought some sticks. Back home, I got my trusty saw, glue clamps, drill, Dremel and sanding stuff and got to work. Some of the big stick was sawn off for its body, it then got a couple of holes for its legs and I cut off a bit of its head so it would look more like a sheep. Some of the smaller sticks were cut to be the legs.
Then it was time for its coat. I made some templates and cut those out of the placemat. From the leftovers, I made ears and a tail for my lovely sheep. I put it all together and thought “I know what’s missing!”, so I made some roller skates. I found an even smaller stick, cut that into bits and glued it on while sanding a ‘wheel divot’ in and gluing on a tiny bit of placemat as the stopper. To finalize, I printed the statements that fit my person the best and put them in between the placemat circles. It was fun to try and make a thing with wood. It’s not my best crafting material, but I learn a lot every time I try it.
