How to Make a Shepherd's Shrink Cup, Part 2 (Sources)

There is an excellent book about shepherd's cups here. It contains lots of pictures, something from history and some interesting things about the symbolic meaning of traditional decoration patterns used on the shepherd's cups.
A few old articles and some videos can be also found online (in Slovak):

• http://www.muzeumpd.sk/buxus/docs/CRPAK_Exponat.pdf - some details about making the cups
• http://www.stieranka.sk/riad.htm - a nice comparison of various regional types of shepherd's cups
• https://mynovohrad.sme.sk/c/5051055/crpaky-z-klenovca-poznaju-aj-v-zahranici.html - an article about Milan Stieranka, shepherd's cup maker who owns the website above
• https://tv.sme.sk/v/24596/rezbar-z-nudze.html - a video about an old shepherd who carves shrink cups as an additional source of income

I also discovered shrink pots which are similar to shepherd's shrink cups, but without handle. This craft is not so carefully guarded, so you can actually find some online instructions:

• https://davidffisherblog.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/the-magic-of-a-shrink-box/
• https://davidffisherblog.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/making-a-shrink-box1.pdf
• http://seanhellman.blogspot.sk/2011/05/shrink-pot-and-shrink-pot-croze.html 

And there is a nice video here (choose "Swedish shrink box" from the list of episodes):
http://www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop/watch-on-line/watch-season-episodes/2016-2017-episodes/
But don't take this video too seriously. In fact, hollowing a shrink pot is not as easy as it seems. After a while you'll start feeling some muscles that you didn't even know you had. 
Compared to a shrink pot, a shepherd's cup must be watertight, so the groove and the bottom must be made very precisely. In the next part I'll tell you what I've learned, so that you don't have to repeat the same mistakes. If you know something more, you can write me a comment.

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