Ahead of sched.

Here we go...

Only need to clean a few deet edges and she is done.

I started this years ago...all told I couldn't have spent more than a month on it.
Unfortunately at the time (and since) ...I hadn't stumbled into any more moose antler ...so it was from leftover pieces that weren't really prime material IMO that I decided to make this . I cannot call it the most "level" box I've made ..because of the back...(I call it a back instead of a "bottom" because I enjoy looking at it as much as looking at the lid )
Light as a feather...but very strong....the walls, back and lid are 3/16 " at it's thickest down to less than a 1/16 " at it's thinnest.
I purposefully made this as proper containment for my devices for my desktop...as seen from this photo...



I have doubled-up some green leather I am debating lining it with...torn between leather or felt...hmm

anyway...this "device repository" I made to hold my n800's...but I made sure the width and height of this container could accommodate a Pandora device.
So consequently....
this lil' beauty will hold 2 n800's comfortably with room to spare...
or will hold a Pandora,
or a Pyra,
or a few n810's ,
or a few n770's,
or a few n9's,
or a few n950's,
or a few Jolla's,
or a few n900's as equally well.

It can just as easily hold any single said device a charger and connecting cable perfectly fine. (except for the Pandora or Pyra...this container isn't THAT big to put a charger and cables as well inside....I think anyway...I personally don't have a Pandora so I couldn't know if I could get all the peripherals in with it. But based on the Pandora/ Pyra dimensions she will fit no prob)


The content of the carving however is another matter.
for example ...I decided to go with a un-baroqued () simple clean key-pattern border surrounding not just the sides (I am STILL tempted to go crazy and a ton of intricate finer detail...but am restraining myself...I do need to clean the edges of the bandwork and polish the whole surface of this creation ..though)...



and decided it was apt to continue with the same pattern (of course )
on the lid...I did however run into problems with my model.
Tempestuous...willful...feral little darling she is...and she bubbled-out my border after settling into it. No harm done though...turned the border a freakishly cool way..interesting pattern she curled up into too ...eh?..
A common enough pose in european work ....with just a bit of persuading to get my model "vulning" (a heraldric posture- simply put......to tear at the breast...) as well.
In all... accomplishing the "ae" logo of the Maemo symbol.

No entity should have an issue with this usage since "ae" is a common and not proprietary symbol ...
I'm not using "the proprietary colours"
also there is enough distinction between my lid pattern and the official logo to definitely be considered different
as a topper... I don't believe the Oxford Dictionary has allowed anyone exclusive patent rights on the usage of "ae" ...yet.
(Pardon the extended disclaimer () )



I've had to keep feeding her stupidphones...ever since I found her....just to keep her calm. She HATES locked crap. hehe...like any one here does eh?

Unfortunately ....though she was obliging for modeling for the lid...and I did explain to her it was a "frame" not a cage or a prison...when it came time to model for the back...she broke the border frame...and decided it was time to finish eating the stupidphone I promised her..I captured the moment for posterity.



the Latin in the scroll at the bottom she is gripping translates as ... " Freedom or Death" .....apt ...and I concur.

I shall discuss at length ...later my lovely model.

next...to express in a better vein ...not only how thin and yet strong this material is...here are the lid and back held up in front of a 20 watt...flor. light bulb.





This can then give you some insight as to how I must "see" things when carving....everything brightly illumined essentially will be darkest dark...a negative ...so to speak...once it is properly stained , preserved and finished...it is deceptive though due to the muddy tint of the moose...and varying thickness of the inside and the angle of the light source...but you can get an Idea how I think out what I do from those 2 photos perhaps...
I am thinking of doing an illustration or two...possibly a t-shirt...I do like her pose.
Anyway a little clean-up and she's done.

Her name by the way is R3ND-R (Render) ...I call her 'Ren for short...I have integrated her into a few other pieces as well...but I'll chat about them another time.
From what I've gathered from her gestured communication....her story is quite an interesting one ....but I won't bore those reading this ....

Anywho...If this is what I do when I'm bored.... with scraps from the workshop floor...imagine the cases (possibly I'm making proper fitting ones as we speak), accessories (same again),
and bodies I could be making....

There is no one that I know of who does what I do...to my ability (precious few in that department) and is applying it thus.

I won't say it over and over again about how this can be affordably copied...look and feel just like the original...but with none of the muddy darker blemishes ..just a clean ivory or china white look and feel....indistinguishable from the original. Or in whatever hybrid combination either.

Also....there is a new development and I'll be posting a vid on my lil' site....I think it would be interesting for you to see...not often...very rare indeed ....do I get my hands on what I'll show you...and what my intended thoughts are for it.

I would hope...at the least from what I have just posted.... to see a wee bit more interest from our community here...

More is coming...and each piece is much different in it's purpose than the last.

See...I'm not just a one-off kinda guy.
Make something and that's the last of it.

I don't just do this stuff for breakfast...
I do it before breakfast...
This kinda stuff and stuff you can't even imagine ...is my daily bread.
It's what I breathe, eat and sleep.
It's "what I do".
I would hope my abilities are utilized here...
If not ...too bad...it's not gonna stop me making this stuff...
now that my attention is focused this way...
but someone else or some other entity may divert my attentions ...
at least from here.
Don't get me wrong now...
I love this place...but ...
I've been carving and painting and making cool stuff since I was a kid...
grew up studying methods of construction..curricularly and extra-curricularly ...so to speak...studied under great people..too
Essentially ....I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up...
I knew from the crib.
and so my work takes precedence.
Whoever can distract me with the right incentives and a cool idea I'm keen to...
wins...
until that is done ...
then I'm bored...
and need to make something way-cooler....ad infinitum...
So that's it in a nut-shell guys.

Left out a lotta wordy stuff..
Especially left out R3ND-R's origin story...
All great superheros, icons and mascots.. have an origin story y'know...
Another time perhaps...
back to the bench....getting bored with all this talky-talky ...writey-writey.

Update:
Due to an overwhelming lack of interest in production....
Having just finished the fine detail carving and polishing....
This particular item shortly will be readied for staining, fine scraping and finally preservation...at which point it will be unsuitable and unavailable for mass-reproduction.
This particular project soon to be terminated.

Update:
Artifact preserved.
This mass-reproduction project terminated.