Western General Store

There's a herd of Texas Longhorns down the road from us and I've taken several photos. I took one of the photos and placed on graphite paper on bass wood to trace the outline of the head. With a wood burning tool from the craft store ($25.00) I burned in the image and finished all the shading. I framed it in maple wood for a tray. I used the Steer Drawer pulls for the handles which I spray painted textured brown and sealed the wood with a salad bowl finish. Items from westerngeneralstore.com for this project: Steer Drawer Pulls

Many years ago a friend gave us several boards from huge pallets. They have been sitting around the shop until we could find some use for them. I came up with the idea to cut them up and turn them into candle holders .  It took a lot of sanding and no small chore to drill the holes. I'm not even sure what type of wood it is. So here they are bare bones and ready for creativity.