Walnut – The anti-consumerist rocking horse
It wouldn’t be revolution.org.za without some revolutionary message. Although I haven’t decided which revolution it is yet.
I decided to have an anti-consumerist xmas and decided to make my gifts. Making gifts seems to be very old school these days and to many people is like bringing a packet of soup powder to a bring & braai.
My nieces got Walnut, a traditional rocking horse. My father gave me a rocking horse, that he had made, for my second christmas. Seeing that my brother in law’s wood working endevours amount to breaking up wood for a braai. I decided that this would be a very treasured gift. The problem is that father xmas got all the credit for it.
My sister got a solid poplar chopping board.
Walnut gets his name from the colour of wood stain that I put over the poplar and white meranty. He took a little more time to make than I expected, but I completed the project before D-day. The most expensive part was the water based wood stain and floor varnish that I used as a finish.
So in all, I didn’t send any money overseas. I had more money for beer. My nieces not only got Walnut, but the gift of sharing (because I only made one). My sister got a chopping board and two toddlers with even more to fight about now.