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Monday, January 23rd, 2012
I'm really excited about my up coming projects and I have made a good start on my cherub commission. Photos will be posted when I have made more progress.
The birdbath commission is taking interesting twists and turns I still have some more designs to create before I have captured exactly ...
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
I hope you all had an amazing Christmas and celebrated the beginning of the New Year in style!
I am well rested and ready to get on with some very interesting commissions, including designing and carving a Birdbath, creating a memorial using the motif of the Sanzio angels, and of course ...
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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
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The three pieces completed!
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My customer provided me with the names and dates in her own handwriting which I drew as closely as I could onto the two acorns-paying careful attention to match the character of the 2 men with the different acorns!
She didn't want the engraving to be too ...
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Sunday, December 11th, 2011
So the next stage in this commission was to start shaping the acorns so they were no longer just barrels!
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Sandstone is a very brittle stone and if I try and take too much off at one time it has a tendancy to pluck out where I don't want it ...
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Thursday, December 8th, 2011
As promised some photos!
I was given an amazing commission back in July to carve a pair of acorns and an acorn cup. I used the grey/green Forest of Dean sandstone, which is incredibly hard to carve but is very durable and will resist the frost.
They were 2ft x 12 x ...
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