https://www.nikkireese.com/textiletools daily 0.75 2025-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697413218727-RQ5KBB5M9W7BCGWCMGCA/image-asset.jpeg Textile Tools - Scutching Knife Scutching Knife 2023 22.5”x6”, tulip poplar, walnut oil, cinnamon, wax This scutching knife was made for the weaver and textile artist, Allie Dudley. The design is based on historical Scandinavian scutching knives with an aim to make the knife more contemporary. This is used as one of the final steps of processing flax into linen. Carved with hand tools, adorned with chip carving and kolrosing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697413218727-RQ5KBB5M9W7BCGWCMGCA/image-asset.jpeg Textile Tools - Scutching Knife Scutching Knife 2023 22.5”x6”, tulip poplar, walnut oil, cinnamon, wax This scutching knife was made for the weaver and textile artist, Allie Dudley. The design is based on historical Scandinavian scutching knives with an aim to make the knife more contemporary. This is used as one of the final steps of processing flax into linen. Carved with hand tools, adorned with chip carving and kolrosing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697413458245-GCORZLYZPCFS365GX74S/image-asset.jpeg Textile Tools - Blue Rigid Heddle with White Shuttle Blue Rigid Heddle with White Shuttle, 2023 4”x5”, basswood, tung oil, milk paint, wax. Ridgid heddles are small looms that can be used to weave bands or tape. Historically heddles could be carved as gifts used in courtship gifted from a carver to a weaver. This heddle has been chip carved and burnished with a beach pebble. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697414096826-BGG56E3UZVJCMMXQXK5R/image-asset.jpeg Textile Tools - Stave Rigid Heddle Stave Rigid Heddle, 2023 4”x4” basswood, walnut oil, milk paint, wax. This helddle and shuttle were carved out of basswood after a day of staring at stave churches. While the adornment differs from an actual stave church, it was the mood I was trying to capture. Chip carved and burnished with a beach pebble. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697473790250-OZKKCDAUGNHUR0RTQSR4/image-asset.jpeg Textile Tools - Nalebinding Needles Nalebinding Needles, 2023 Various sizes and woods, walnut oil, wax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697476601528-K9T27HHFHJ5ZHPU1EN0X/image-asset.jpeg Textile Tools - Scutching Knife obverse side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697476726839-XP56TE101TMVAVSVBSB5/image-asset.jpeg Textile Tools - Scutching Knife details https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1699810397319-C6EH9K7GL7YR95QSFCVW/image-asset.jpeg Textile Tools - Red Flower Heddle Red Flower Heddle 2023 “5x4”, Basswood, milk paint, walnut oil, wax This is a heddle I chipped carved free hand. I wanted something floral and sharp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1699810645666-D5Y92KDJKJDQP88BZ73A/image-asset.jpeg Textile Tools - Red Flower Shuttle Red Flower Shuttle 2023 “4 1/4 x 2 1/2” Basswood, milk paint, walnut oil, wax The matching shuttle for the Red Flower Heddle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1703858444421-Z6V5LPM579K4BQRVBQPH/image-asset.jpeg Textile Tools - As Above so Below Heddle As Above so Below Heddle, 2023 Basswood, milk paint, walnut oil, wax I wanted to create a heddle with no clear top or bottom, and that also reflected its self. This heddle features the seed of life and its obverse self. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1714824962511-ME4X3MF0LJBEU5DBU5EY/image-asset.jpeg Textile Tools - Krusa Heddle 1 Krusa Heddle 1, 2024 4”x5”, basswood, chalk paint, wax. I’ve recently been inspired by the idea or concept of Krusa, which is to my understanding and old Swedish word for decoration. This inspiration comes from @lina.odell on instagram, and also when Harley Refsal said that folk art is just the fear of blank space (Refsal, Scandinavian Figure Carvings 2015). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1714825529103-5JGVAPXADTRTJ8Y6ZTR7/image-asset.jpeg Textile Tools - Krusa Heddle 2 Krusa Heddle 2, 2024 Size tbd, basswood, chalk paint, wax This is a 30 warp heddle that I started to carve as a demonstration peice during my co-instructed class, “Carve and Weave” with Cassie Dixon at the John C. Cambell Folkschool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1714825767271-HQRAU9MP08MWDBALDSK7/image-asset.jpeg Textile Tools - Krusa Heddle 2, backview https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1744396241922-RIKOF0IR2BCE4GQNM56B/image-asset.jpeg Textile Tools - Dala Horse Heddle Dala Horse Heddle 2025 6”x4”, basswood, milk paint, walnut oil, wax. I was on a Dala horse kick, and wanted to play with that form in the form of a heddle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1744396421436-4B8V2DW3LKKUHOBS21HQ/PXL_20250325_140218037_Original.jpeg Textile Tools - Spring Heddle Spring Heddle 2025 5 3/4”x 6”, basswood, milk paint, walnut oil, wax. 19 warp heddle that was inspired by the spring flowers blooming in my corner of Appalachia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1744396558658-IMBI0KOAO66JBJYEKX2H/PXL_20250407_182455907_Original.jpeg Textile Tools https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1744396600874-6S0HOFVI8OH2O8B26UKO/PXL_20250326_140415873_Original.jpeg Textile Tools https://www.nikkireese.com/gnomes daily 0.75 2025-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697467500104-CUJUT37WNX72WRY36ZRK/image-asset.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Autumnal Gnome Scene Autumnal Gnome Scene, Various sizes, basswood, linseed oil, cotton, acrylic paint, wax. This is an example of my earlier gnome and jack o lantern designs. While they have since evolved, I like the feeling of a breeze that was caught in this gnome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697467500104-CUJUT37WNX72WRY36ZRK/image-asset.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Autumnal Gnome Scene Autumnal Gnome Scene, Various sizes, basswood, linseed oil, cotton, acrylic paint, wax. This is an example of my earlier gnome and jack o lantern designs. While they have since evolved, I like the feeling of a breeze that was caught in this gnome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697467738951-C7DIHKJV9ACEWSJJB7NL/image-asset.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Stogie Gnome Stogie Gnome, 4”x1.5” basswood, linseed oil, acrylic paints, wax. I particularly like this gnome because I was able to incorporate an ear break into the design of the gnome. Peep those stitches on the left ear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697467937638-1T8NSSI5C059VYRN1QYB/image-asset.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Gnome Couple Gnome Couple, 2022 Various sizes, basswood, linseed oil, acrylic paint, wax. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697467996478-FD1NKJPPJJV8HGWDJWD8/image-asset.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Yellow Hat Yellow Hat, 2023 3.5”x1.5”, basswood, walnut oil, acrylic paint, wax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697468130985-9SJMHYJMX5TFA6TNGGT0/image-asset.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Christmas Gnomes Christmas Gnomes, 2022 Various sizes, basswood, linseed oil, acrylic paint, wax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697468297186-MCUZ9PEBN0CO30ECBLFF/image-asset.png Gnomes/Folklore - Yellow Hat 2 Yellow Hat 2, 2023 Size unknown, basswood, walnut oil, acrylic paint, wax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697468365089-7CVQATBTYB2E1NFF2PDY/image-asset.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Walking Stick Gnome Walking Stick Gnome, 2022 Size unknown, basswood, linseed oil, acrylic paint, wax This gnome was one of my earlier attempts to carve hands still while on a small scale. While I don’t know the height of this particular carving, I do know it was under 4 inches tall. This was featured in the 2023 John C. Campbell Folkschool catalog to advertise my class, Story Telling Through Woodcarving https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697468528639-FT3U400D98DAYZECMIVX/image-asset.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Lavender Jones Lavender Jones, 2022 4”x1.5”, basswood, linseed oil, acrylic paint, wax. This is the first trans masc gnome I carved. There is a gap in modern tellings of folklore where queer representation is missing. Nature is inherently queer, and the stories we tell about it should include that https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697472328011-M6W9N89ZHPBFI935K8UH/image-asset.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Willow Wisps Willow Wisps, 2021 Various sizes, basswood, linseed oil, acrylic paint, wax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697472412112-G9NFMLOD3ZA8GZ32H8E5/image-asset.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Willow Wisps details https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697472445192-0X70SZKYP86R179V6LUR/image-asset.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Willow Wisps details 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697472490888-NS4B9YE3BAMI0KY1HVCX/image-asset.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Baba Yaga House Baba Yaga House, 2022 5.5”x1.5” basswood, linseed oil, acrylic paint, moss, wax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697472621294-1BEG2Q78P6WWYO6G2OGD/image-asset.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Baba Yaga House back view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697472662842-PSUD26XA8GUPC4WIMN81/image-asset.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Spooky Blep Spooky Blep, 2022 1.5”x2.25” basswood, linseed oil, acrylic paint, wax This was a failed gnome that kept on failing until almost no wood was left. A happy mistake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697472783676-23YBJF1GC2WO7SK2F2HX/image-asset.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Radish Summoner and Friend Radish Summoner and Friend, 2021 Various sizes, basswood, linseed oil, acrylic paint, wax This was born of a DND daydream I had about creating a low level monster for fledgling parties to cut their teeth on in a first encounter. A magical radish summoner that wreaks havoc on small farms convincing vegetables to leave their cozy beds and terrorize the farmers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697473008027-YPWJO3AJH6KAW6CFCD3Z/image-asset.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Mush dude Warriors Mush dude Warriors, 2021 Various sizes sub 2 inches, basswood, jute twine, magnets, linseed oil, acrylic paint, wax. Another project spurred from a daydream. What if our gnome friends woke up the mycelium to combat things like spruce beetle infestations, etc? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697473174732-CWGGG8KI9GNDV50OTD0A/JPEG+image.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Mush dude Warriors back view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1698080030618-UR3W8VR8NQCWL9YB1ET3/image-asset.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Autumnal Gnomes Ornaments Autumnal Gnome Ornaments 2023 Various sizes, basswood, acrylic paints, walnut oil, wax. I know fall ornaments aren’t really a thing, but I was feeling inspired by the foliage and fungi Western NC has to offer during spooky season. I like to think about gnomes changing their hats with the season to blend in with their environment . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1703858042722-5PGTUA4P4RRXS6LV4S8R/image-asset.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Peter’s Gnome Peter’s Gnome, 2023 4”x1.5” basswood, walnut oil, acrylic paints, wax, oak hydrangea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1703858178396-ZLNY0WVVGDR3RZS1I4G0/image-asset.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Peter’s Gnome (back view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1703858216129-ECQ9LOAY9OUXA1O164MV/image-asset.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Christmas Couple Christmas Couple, 2023 Various sizes, basswood, walnut oil, acrylic paint, wax I made this couple for my partner’s parents on our first Christmas spent together. The gnome on the left has a shirt that is styled after a Swedish work shirt. The gnome on the right has an apron design created by the great great grandmother of Emil Westman. You can see his work on instagram under the user name @emils_tragubbar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1703858391051-SRE6SX7B8CZCBO1V1NDZ/image-asset.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Christmas Couple (rear view) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1708902883154-IY8PHSDS76G7H40RDLTU/image-asset.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Mushdudes with Junk Mushdudes with Junk, 1.5”x1” basswood, walnut oil, acrylic paint, wax An anatomical study of the mushdude if it had human-ish genitals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1708903022908-2LNFC9LU13N48DQS9JY4/image-asset.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Mushdudes with Junk-Side View https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1708903060110-07XVKL6I5CMDUHX571V8/image-asset.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Mushdudes with Junk-Back View https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1710946983040-3018EP0ECSF22XVLEL7I/image-asset.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Double Mushroom Double Mushroom, 3”x1.5” basswood, walnut oil, acrylic paint, wax. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1710947385963-P1GVXU8A8612WO3F6JNR/image-asset.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore - Double Mushroom-alternate view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1744396663502-PS5BHIGG5WRZ6QJD1GPC/PXL_20250303_184754266_Original.jpeg Gnomes/Folklore https://www.nikkireese.com/fisherman daily 0.75 2023-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697473253468-S4Z8V57PHW2JPPMXURQU/image-asset.jpeg Fisherman - Alaskan Fisherman 1 Alaskan Fisherman 1, 2021 Unknown size, basswood, linseed oil, acrylic paint, wax This is one of many Alaskan fisherman I carved starting in 2019. I grew up in Alaska and my dad was a fisherman, there is a cozy nostalgia invoked inside of me when I see those safety orange overalls, and get a whiff of fish stink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697473253468-S4Z8V57PHW2JPPMXURQU/image-asset.jpeg Fisherman - Alaskan Fisherman 1 Alaskan Fisherman 1, 2021 Unknown size, basswood, linseed oil, acrylic paint, wax This is one of many Alaskan fisherman I carved starting in 2019. I grew up in Alaska and my dad was a fisherman, there is a cozy nostalgia invoked inside of me when I see those safety orange overalls, and get a whiff of fish stink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697473399292-7CYF69HXW4BHVJSDX4AE/image-asset.jpeg Fisherman - Alaska Fisherman 1 side view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1697473438267-YHIRF78ATL9JFUN5A2KC/image-asset.jpeg Fisherman - Extra Tough Extra Tough, 2022 Unknown size, basswood, walnut oil, acrylic paint, wax I’m not one for brand placement, but the hoodie is recognizable to locals specifically. This is also the first carving I used walnut oil on. 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They are soothing to make, and highly functional https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1699810791343-MS7PQSVXSW6RBFPTL5UO/image-asset.jpeg Greenwood/Decorative Carving - Pinwheel Comb Pinwheel Comb 2023 “3 x 3” Birch, milk paint, walnut oil, wax I’ve recently become fairly obsessed with carving combs. They are soothing to make, and highly functional https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1699810899256-7RXWV86NHU133W5IOTVZ/image-asset.jpeg Greenwood/Decorative Carving - Spice Platform Spice Platform 2023 “10 x 8” Basswood, milk paint, walnut oil, wax I recently started getting a little obsessed with the Scandinavian style of decorative carving. It is a culmination of multiple interests finally coalescing into practice. I started reading a book by Harley Refsal where he talks about the peasant use of folk art, and the decoration of everyday common objects. Instead of waiting around to have something to carve ornately, I looked around my home and tried to identify what could use some beautification. This is a slab of wood we keep on top of our toaster oven to lay spice containers on when we cook. Salt, pepper, garlic, etc. The wood keeps the heat from the toaster oven from melting or burning any of the containers, a perfect candidate for a little folk art spruce up. I’d like to think this piece showing up in a thrift store after I’m gone, and someone wondering what the hell it was used/made for. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/652c76b12eb6276352a610d8/1699811766789-OFJFIVEIZQ8H2S1SSU07/image-asset.jpeg Greenwood/Decorative Carving - Allie’s Comb Allie’s Comb 2023 “4 1/4 x 3” Birch, milk paint, walnut oil, wax This was one of my first combs, and one of the first times I tried to use milk paint. 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