A Simple Rose Made Entirely From Wood

By David Matthews

David Matthews has been a long time worker of wood: from laminated wood beams so big they had to be shipped by rail to building a log cabin from trees that he planted as a child. When cancer struck him a few years ago, he was forced to choose smaller pieces to work with, which inspired him to create miniature things such as antique cars, covered wagons, trucks, trains and stagecoaches. He has also created windmills, rocking chairs, stoves, a cave-man making the first wheel, Fred Flintstone and his car, and yes flowers. He has had 23 items printed in the local newspaper as well as displayed in local shows. His items are not for sale, but he has donated items for church auctions and cancer society auctions.



This book is about sharing that love of carving wood and flowers to interest everyone. Should you create flowers for a loved one in passing, a birthday, wedding, or just for yourself, a wooden flower never needs watering nor will it wilt and die. With a little care it will last for a very long time. My hope is this book will inspire you to be creative.





Special thanks to Paul and Anne O'Reilley and Sandra Bruington for their support.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Newman Springs Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Apr 22, 2020
• ISBN: 9781645318101

David Matthews

David is a Lecturer in health and social care at Bangor University, and is programme leader for its BA Health and Social Care, where he teaches issues and subjects relating to the social determinants of health and health policy, as well as supervising undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations. His research interests and publications focus on critical and materialist understandings of the welfare state and social policy, with a particular emphasis on the impact of neoliberalism and capitalism for health and mental health. In addition, he has an interest in the development and evolution of Welsh health policy during the era of devolution. 

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A Simple Rose Made Entirely From Wood

David Matthews

Copyright © 2019 David Matthews

All rights reserved

First Edition

NEWMAN SPRINGS PUBLISHING

320 Broad Street

Red Bank, NJ 07701

First originally published by Newman Springs Publishing 2019

ISBN 978-1-64531-809-5 (Paperback)

ISBN 978-1-64531-810-1 (Digital)

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

Stem-cut Rose

Small Vase Rose

Painting Your Rose

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to Paul and Anne O’Reilly and Sandra Bruington for their support.

Introduction

The purpose of this book is to show you how to create something simply that will be treasured for years. Whether you are making this for yourself as gift for someone special to you or as a memento to send with a loved one in passing, we hope you enjoy your creative time. While there are many ways to create a rose from wood, our technique will allow you to do so without spending thousands of dollars on equipment. We will show you simple techniques which allow you to create with basic equipment. We will also go into more complex methods that will require more equipment, but that is not necessary to complete the basic rose.

Some think there is no way they could create something like this themselves,