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23rd April 2011, 08:18 AM #1Senior Member
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Another Chainsaw Sculpture
To finish off my threads on chainsawing I remembered this wall hanging that started out as a demonstration and ended up hanging at our front entrance waiting for another to be done to hang on the opposite side. It measures 700mmx550mmx 60mm (thickest) and is from one slab of camphor laurel.
The core had voids of varying sizes so i used these as a highlight for my "climate change" concept using resin,paua shell pieces and even borrowed my wife's felting machine to create the 'volcano effect'.
The valley's were done free hand with a chainsaw and then tidied up with a disc sander.The finish is Rustin's Oil. Critique welcome....KerryLast edited by kcam; 23rd April 2011 at 12:53 PM. Reason: spelling correction
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23rd April 2011, 08:28 AM #2
Looks great Kerry, very nice effect. Now start that chainsaw and do the other one.
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23rd April 2011, 12:33 PM #3GOLD MEMBER
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That is wonderful but don't let your chainsaw cool down! Keep going!
In some red-neck, hoo-haw chainsaw carving competitions, you'd get the boot for cleaning it up like that.
BC abalone shell is really muted pastel pinks/blues/purples. Too bad I'm so determined to use nothing that does not come from British Columbia (the West Coast is the Best Coast). Pauauauau (?) is really striking.
PLEASE! Keep coloring outside the lines. Drink upstream from the herd. All those good things.
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24th April 2011, 06:15 AM #4
what if the hokey pokey is really what it's all about?
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24th April 2011, 09:54 AM #5Senior Member
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Would have to agree with RV and underfoot, the title should read Power Carved Wall Hanging The purists would not accept it as a "chainsawed sculpture". The chainsaw was used as a means of creating the form and as a demonstration of the effective use and control of the tool in the creative process.....I will choose my titles a bit more carefully in future or just stir up a bit of a debate. Kerry
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24th April 2011, 11:05 AM #6GOLD MEMBER
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I think it matters only if you've entered a competition and they have a grocery list of rules. I use every power tool I own to rough out carving blanks. Never seen an award yet for wasting carving time.
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24th April 2011, 12:25 PM #7
Maybe there's an opening for someone to invent a sandpaper blade for a chainsaw
what if the hokey pokey is really what it's all about?
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24th April 2011, 12:52 PM #8GOLD MEMBER
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If I can hire a photographer soon, I'll show you a little (60cm) chainsaw sculpture from my collection which looks like it's got a sandpaper finish!
I had to get it away from him before he slopped on some gawd-offal spar varnish. I had no idea that chainsaws could be that small.
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24th April 2011, 12:59 PM #9Skwair2rownd
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24th April 2011, 01:27 PM #10
Beauty.
I have a camphor laurel stump with roots attached, not a big one, just big enough for it to be difficult for one bloke to pick up.
I am going to attack it for the Artlander exhibition this year in Atherton.
The theme is "metamorphosis" this year.Cliff.
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24th April 2011, 01:31 PM #11GOLD MEMBER
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Cliff: watch for stones! Good luck with the piece.
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24th April 2011, 01:48 PM #12
Ta, I'll pressure clean it first.
Cliff.
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24th April 2011, 02:09 PM #13Senior Member
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Good on you Cliff, look forward to seeing some WIP pics... and thanks for the Kerry
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