I'm off to the Irish Festival in Dublin, OH

These are the items that I am taking to the Irish Festival in Dublin, OH; August 1-3.

I call this a "Celtic War Knot". The Celts would throw this (2lbs) at the enemy while shouting "Try to find the end" - it sounds more threatening in Galic. Any enemy not struck and killed would immediately sit down to try to figure it out. They would become confused by the shape and could then easily be overcome. (OK, I made this up...)


A "Forest of Life"? - several different "Tree of Life" reliefs with a Green Man (on top not completed), a Celtic Knot and a couple of Shamrocks.


I noticed that the first 4 "Tree of Life" reliefs were a little dramatic (is this the sign of a hard life?) so I made the top one much simpler just in case someone actually did have an easy life.

I'll be at the same stone carving booth as pictured below during ComFest.

Saturday, June 28, 2008 - Comfest - Columbus, OH

My stone carving instructor invited me to Comfest in Columbus, OH. Part of his business is to sell carvings at various events in the Columbus area.

His carving booth is shown below. Notice there are two sides to the booth.

The left side is the "demonstration" side where he sets up carving benches and makes things. People watch the carving and ask questions. I arrived early on Saturday and those are my pieces in front of the booth. "The Fickle Finger of Fate", "The Endless Knot", "The Flower of Life", "The Giant Ear" and a stepping stone piece that I made the day before.

The right side of the booth has finished pieces for sale.

Of course it rained a little but the beer tent people were still happy.

We stayed across the street in the left side of the tarp covered booth. Of course the tarp leaked.

After several hours the rain stopped.

Then things picked up.

Somebody bought "The Endless Knot".