Archive for October, 2004
The Monk
2004
10.28
10.28
I call this one “The Monk” and is carved in a beautiful piece of Black Walnut. It stands about 3ft tall and is about 6 inches diameter. I just love the grain in the Walnut.
Bylaw – Bygone
2004
10.27
10.27
Ok, I was planning to move the logs anyway! The wife didn’t like them where they were and wanted to put a garden there. She’s been pestering me for weeks to move the logs and it was on my list of
Carving the Dragon
2004
10.21
10.21
Here’s a bunch of pictures showing the carving process, enjoy… I did! (Click on the pictures for a large view)
Stage 1 – Roughing out with the chainsaw
Stage 2 – More roughing out , but now with the Arbortech Industrial Pro-Carver
Stage 3 – Starting to detail with Arbortech Mini-Grinder
Stage 4 – Starting to detail the nose with Flexcut Mallet Chisles
Stage 5 – Detailing the Eyes
Stage 6 – Oh my god what did I get myself into? Starting the scales now.
Stage 7 – Almost done now . . . There’s light at the end of that tunnel!
Dark Wizard
2004
10.19
10.19
This is my attempt at carving a wizard and is carved in a beautiful piece of Black Walnut. It stands about 3ft tall and is about 6 inches diameter.
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First Dragon carving
2004
10.19
10.19
Here is my first dragon. The wood is Catalpa (large leafs with large bean/vanila) and is amazing to work with. It seems to be medium hard and holds detail very well. I worked on this piece for about 250 hours. Create a user account and login to check out detailed pictures of the carving of the dragon.
I entered the dragon in the 2004 Chippingaway wood carving contest and won first place, beginers class. Not bad considering I only started carving in Nov 2003! Checkout the competition results at http://www.chippingaway.com/CarvingCompetitionResults.htm Check out the highlights of the conference http://www.chippingaway.com/HighlightPhotos.htm By the way, this was the best conference I ever went too.