Some years ago I made a couple of these for family, and recently got requests for other friends and family for some more Sort of a parody on the "We Three Kings" Christmas theme - three guys on a rare 3-humped camel following a star. From what I read, the "Magi" were not actually kings but philosophers and curious wise-guys of the sort likely akin to present-day "nerds". Also, apparently the trek Eastward after noticing an odd confluence of stars occurred from two to four years after the Bethlehem birth but the early Christians adopted the tale to reinforce the "King of Kings" idea.
I could not find the somewhat larger "people" used before so settled for smaller ones from Hobby Lobby, which may be better suited to the concept of "wee three kings" anyway. I had enough SYP to make two and the others are from common white pine. Made 6.
(02-08-2025, 08:50 PM)GaryMc Wrote: Some years ago I made a couple of these for family, and recently got requests for other friends and family for some more Sort of a parody on the "We Three Kings" Christmas theme - three guys on a rare 3-humped camel following a star. From what I read, the "Magi" were not actually kings but philosophers and curious wise-guys of the sort likely akin to present-day "nerds". Also, apparently the trek Eastward after noticing an odd confluence of stars occurred from two to four years after the Bethlehem birth but the early Christians adopted the tale to reinforce the "King of Kings" idea.
I could not find the somewhat larger "people" used before so settled for smaller ones from Hobby Lobby, which may be better suited to the concept of "wee three kings" anyway. I had enough SYP to make two and the others are from common white pine. Made 6.
Besides the biblical significance, they are really cute, too. Did you cut them with a scroll saw?
02-09-2025, 04:42 PM (This post was last modified: 02-09-2025, 04:44 PM by GaryMc.)
(02-09-2025, 10:16 AM)jteneyck Wrote: Besides the biblical significance, they are really cute, too. Did you cut them with a scroll saw?
John
John - no, I just used the bandsaw with a fine-toothed 3/8" blade, made easier by first drilling 1/2" holes at the bottom of the valleys between humps. Followed by a LOT of sanding with the OSS and various-sized drums. Oh, and the crowns were made by cutting the bottoms off little turned "flower pots" again from Hobby Lobby.
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