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Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
I was asked by a lovely lady who had been given a voucher for one of my carvings as a present, to carve an amalgamation of 2 of my other carvings. Arty who you may be familiar with and a very leafy, flowery carving.
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Obviously this is quite a tricky ...
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Sunday, April 22nd, 2012
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Well here they are, I still have to carve the inscription and shape the stone blocks.
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The inscription will be carved on a sunken panel. You will notice a hole under the hands at the front, this is to drain off the water that would otherwise pool.
I may put ...
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Monday, April 16th, 2012
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Well here are the latest photos, as you can see I have started to carve more detail and there is a hand!
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I decided to carve feathers between the wing and the shoulder in order to give strength but hopefully make it look delicate.
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From mittens to fingers, I ...
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Monday, April 9th, 2012
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Well as you can see the beautiful weather is ideal for working outside, this light is perfect for seeing detail and obviously once I have washed the dust off, I can see what needs to be worked on next!
Having put the first shapes over the hair I can start ...
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Monday, April 2nd, 2012
Before I continued with the carving, I drilled the holes in the bottom for the threaded stainless steel bar that would be securing the 3 stones together.
In order to make sure all the holes correspond I marked on the template where they would go, you can see this in the first ...
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