Elephant Trivet

I never heard of a “trivet” before I started making them.  I always called them “hot plates”.  Maybe it’s an East coast term, like “Jersey barrier”, “hoagie” and “water ice”.  This one I carved (with my jigsaw) from a 1/2″ flat thingie of red oak from a hardware store.

Between this, the table below, scraping paint and prepping the house for guests, I’ve been too busy to play video games.

Table I made from an old door.  Please excuse the mess behind it and the crappy tile we have yet to replace.

Since my paintings have been selling like hot-cakes (if hot-cakes are at all still popular enough for that analogy), my supply has run low.  If this is the worst problem I have all year, I’ll be doing very well.