A couple came into my job at a frame shop looking for us to make a wooden sculpture for their daughter's wedding. I told them we can cut 45 degree angles in a frame shop and that's about it but that I could make it for them.
It was supposed to be a sculpture and a prop in the wedding, a replacement for the candle ceremony that would include their granddaughter. And cost a whole lot more than one more candle but it wasn't a bad idea, I could see something in the design they came to me with and they were easy to work with.
/r/DIY on reddit was always kinda cool when I visited so maybe hubski crafters can show off their projects too
I always forget how cool of a medium wood can be. Awesome work!
It's not an existing symbol as far as I know. I think it's meant to look Celtic, it's their design I just made it more than a little sketch on some stationery. Their daughter had a little girl from another marriage so the rings are meant to represent the daughter, granddaughter and son in-law. They were supposed to put it together at the ceremony. It all comes apart except the base. You can see the ends of the brass pins that hold it together in the last pictures.
I too enjoyed the DIY posts. I really like what you did on this piece. I wouldn't think asking someone to make a sculpture is very common especially at a frame shop, is it a common request? Does it have holes for wedding pictures or is it just a statue of sorts that represents something? I think you did a great job on craftsmanship and such but I think its kind of weird they wanted their grand-daughter included. Is it a sort of memorial for her?
We get a lot of weird requests but they thought we did a lot of wood working so the shop could make a sculpture when we really just have a saw that only cuts 45 degree angles and we cut preformed moldings with it. We have to send people to a glass shop every week because they want glass tabletops and mirrors, I just had to tell a guy we can't appraise artwork, we get calls all the time asking if we can do photo printing. It's kinda weird what people expect a picture framer can do.