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Weylin
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October 18, 2015, 01:31:02 am »
I've got a big box full of ends and pieces from bow wood. I've kept telling myself that I will do some whittling with all these pretty pieces of yew that I have. They've sat there and collected dust for years but I finally worked up the gumption to dig into one. I don't have any carving experience or any carving tools. I did all of this with rasps and files. I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out though. It's a sperm whale made from a piece of yew.
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DC
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October 18, 2015, 01:36:37 am »
I like that. Do an octopus next!
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Weylin
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October 18, 2015, 01:55:22 am »
hahaha! That's what my buddy, Art, told me to do, a giant squid. I'll have to work up to that, I think. There are a few less contours on a whale.
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le0n
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October 18, 2015, 02:34:25 am »
Pretty cool
Nice eyeing of the wood/grain placement too.
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Ranasp
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October 18, 2015, 01:46:29 pm »
That's a really nice piece! If a squid/octopus it too much for ya, start with a cuttlefish. They're a fair bit shorter.
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Zuma
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October 18, 2015, 08:06:57 pm »
Neat to see you gettin kick started.
I have boxes and boxes of cool wood and scraps.
One of my first carvings was a whale. Red Cedar.
That yew is cool.
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unkieford
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October 18, 2015, 11:22:10 pm »
Cottage industry! Set up a booth at the local craft fair and go nuts. Set the prices insanely high, and see if anyone bites on 'authentic handcrafted one of a kind works of art'
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Del the cat
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October 19, 2015, 03:40:33 am »
That's cool, I bet it's lovely and tactile.
Make a handy persuader too
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Pappy
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October 19, 2015, 05:19:31 am »
Beautiful work.
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Aaron H
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October 19, 2015, 07:56:04 am »
What a beautiful piece of yew, great finish work too Weylin
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Ranasp
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October 19, 2015, 12:50:24 pm »
Just thought of something that can be handy to have, especially if you have a chunk of wood with a questionable center. Make a good size carving, drill out the center from the bottom and stick a weight in of some kind to make a doorstop that looks great when just sitting by the door.
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GB
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October 20, 2015, 10:28:58 pm »
That is excellent! The grain and where the knots are located works beautifully.
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