These things are what I made a few days ago and finally got around to photographing today.And, I'll point out some mistakes I made if you should decide that you want to make some contraptions of your own. (We may decide on later on something better to call them.)
Anyway, I measured and cut the wood blocks to 4" x 4" size. Then I hammered a single nail into the center of each and I was happy with my nails until the first one split the block of wood in two. Turns out I got something called a "duplex" nail meant for concrete or something with an extra ridge about a half inch in for easier removal from the concrete.
Jeff pointed out that I should have pre-drilled the blocks and that way I wouldn't have split the wood. Which is probably a very good idea or selecting a skinnier nail might be a very good idea here too. However, after successfully hammering several nails down just to the "duplex" ridge thing, I decided I liked the tilt of my new pear gilding and drying stations. I can now envision the sizing and finish dripping down to one easy to clean up point versus all collecting (and drying) at the point of the nail and maybe making removal from said nail difficult.
So, I pulled out the fake stem and stuck a pear onto each of my drying station contraptions and I'm happy and almost ready to gild!
And, by the way, I'm not suggesting you do all of this on a gorgeous pink embroidered handmade paper! I'm just taking the photo opportunity here to show off one of the beautiful papers that we stock in our store.
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