We ventured out to Wooster Ohio, where we met up with Rick Pratt of Around the bend willow furnishings. He not only travels around the nation to various shows but supplies various top designers with his creations. His pieces vary in style, appealing to many different tastes in furnishings and decor.
Rick left his previous vocation to do what he loves. Making Willow furniture full time, for over 25 years now. We were fortunate to spend an afternoon with him and learn how to make a few different kinds of Garden Obelisks. He gives us pointers and the how to for adding Art back into the garden. Natural, Organic structures for your climbing plants and tomatoes.
For those who may not know, here are a few examples of Garden Obelisks:
This being our first published video, I hope you will take into mind, I am an amatuer when it comes to production. With each one, lessons are learned. I become more relaxed and hope to continue growing with these segments. Producing more enjoyable videos for your viewing.
With this early season, I will not have as many segments as I would like, but as the season grows warmer, the adventures become more frequent
The video below is just over 7 minutes long. I have split the total time with Rick into 2 segments. Giving a total of 3 different ways to make your Obelisks. Today, I share Part 1.
These can be made with willow for it's wonderful bending effect or using other woods, to make for more box like structural pieces.
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Now I must be off and survey all those downed branches. I have just 18 obelisks left to make for the tomatoe patch, pole beans & cucumbers.
Sweet Dreams,
~Tammie
9 comments:
WOW! You should have your own segment on HGTV! Good job
Awww. Thanks Kim. But I'm just an odd transplanted Southern girl living in a Yankee world. LOL. What would they want with me? :)
Thank you for the compliment. I hope to rival with the best of them with a year of these done. As The Captain says, keep looking for the brighter light and who knows where it will lead. He has been so supportive with all of this and is looking forward to spotlighting with me when I travel down by Huntington, West Virginia.He gets to play Camera guy while we are there. May even get him to play around some while I get to man the camera during one of the fun things we are doing. Can't wait to go!
Nice video!! I got a lil' experience in T.V. Productions if ya ever need some advice...Don't ferget DirkTheDude when yer famous..ttyl
Love the video! Last summer I began making trellises for my flowers. I used fallen branches and then some willow from a friends farm. I also used a nail gun which helped for speed of assembly.
http://www.whatupduck.com/makin-more-trellises/
How could I forget Dirk the Dude? Besides. Your family. My cousins wifes brother and not to mention the first wedding I will ever be in happens to be yours! A girl never forgets her first wedding. LOL. No, you know I adore you and "White Willow". True friends are hard to find and IF (insert my laughter) I were to ever make it big, you two will be on the first beach vacation cruise with me. :)Did I mention I dont do boats?... Maybe we can just fly to Puerto Rico..Feel the love man. Just feel the love. hahaha.
Kelly. I am in total awe over your trellis. Very cool! Those would make for great sunflowers back drops too....Hmmm. no..stop thinking it...You have too many projects at hand as it is...ohhh those are so tempting... :)
Vimeo.com supports higher def video. And, there are a ton of videos about how to make film & video.
http://www.vimeo.com/user2755863
That's my account, if you want to check it out.
- mike
the guy who wants to shoot horses ;)
Thank you Mickey. I looked the site over and may try it with the next one. I am using microsoft movie maker software for now. It has some glitches such as making my comp run slow when using it. Makes it hard to get exact split second accuracy. I ordered my lavalier mics the other day and hope they are here before the next destination. I feel they will make a big difference with the audio issue. We will also have on that particular spotlight, 2 camera guys. This should give some nice additions in angle footage/transitions for incorporating into the final edit. I will not always have a second cam but time will tell on how it all flows.
Thanks again for the links.
Tammie,
I love Rick's work (art) for the garden. It is scrumptious and I would love to give the technique a try.
Thanks for this and I think you're doing a great job!
Spring blessings,
Sharon Lovejoy Writes from Sunflower House and a Little Green Island
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