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Such a beautiful, inspiring piece! To me, this is representative of the pinnacle of the woodcarver's art and heart and soul. I am gobsmacked by the subject, composition and finish of this example of...

A clean brush, Surf. Your comments are right on. Lesson learned.

Thanks

You know, I think maybe I was a a bit too liberal with the varnish, maybe? There are some closed areas in the piece and I was careful to push a clean soft rag into those spaces to soak up the excess...

That's the stuff, all right. Kinda waxy to the touch

Thanks, Surfdabbler. I put them on picasa ("for the web") and you can barely see them.

Here they are in better res...

Here are two picturesm Surfdabbler and Tea Lady, that clearly demonstrate the phenomenon of which I write (this is my first project, so I'm just gettinh my legs, so to speak):...

You are quite right on both counts, thank you Tea Lady. There are telling indicators that burnished areas (end grain mostly, but also those flat areas where tight fibres suddenly give way to loose);...

Thanks Surf, for replying. I've taken a few pics that show the effect quite plainly == but will have to set up some sort of photo bucket to link to as our hosts quite rightly don't want their disk...

I've just finished a releif carving on a piece of Fijian Mahogany. Thought I'd cleaned it up real good -- stiff brush every nook & cranny -- yet after my first coat of Feast Watson matt varnish, all...