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Thread: Huon Pine Cowrie Shell.
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21st April 2014, 05:41 PM #1SENIOR MEMBER
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Huon Pine Cowrie Shell.
I carved this little cowrie shell today. First of a set of 3 for a project Im working on. Only 3 degrees outside and wet, coming into good carving weather now.
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21st April 2014, 10:24 PM #2
Nice work, just got back to Melb from Hobart tonite, we had some snow up on Mt Field on Friday. Chilly. What is the project u are planning with the series?
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21st April 2014, 10:48 PM #3Skwair2rownd
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Classy indeed!!!
Woul love to see such a unit done with birds eye Huon!!!
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22nd April 2014, 01:10 AM #4
Very cool. Some very nice carving.
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22nd April 2014, 02:09 AM #5GOLD MEMBER
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It's beautiful. Have you determined the finish yet?
Comforting to me to see a bench with so little open work space,
just like mine!
WX is +3C here, too.
No snow yet today, freezing level maybe 600m.
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22nd April 2014, 08:58 AM #6
It's nice ! Love it.
Here it's just starting to be warmer. Though, unusual, it didn't froze for the whole winter. Just had snow a couple of times.
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22nd April 2014, 10:20 AM #7SENIOR MEMBER
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22nd April 2014, 05:28 PM #8SENIOR MEMBER
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Nice work.
This guy's carvings may give you some inspiration. One of his favourite timbers was mango but I am sure he would have liked to use Huon Pine if it was available locally. He lived in Bundaberg, Queensland.
http://ahcsculptures.com
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RJdfqI4ioI0
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22nd April 2014, 07:59 PM #9SENIOR MEMBER
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More pictures
Did some more carving today. The box is burl Musk. One more piece to carve for this set, not sure what it will be yet.
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23rd April 2014, 10:20 AM #10SENIOR MEMBER
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Small, true-to-life carving like this has got to be one of my favourite themes. You've done a beautiful job. Just curious... cowries are usually quite shiny. Do you intend to finish this one with anything or is it a 'done deal'?
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23rd April 2014, 07:32 PM #11SENIOR MEMBER
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Hi. Thanks. They will have a very light wax polish applied but will retain the slightly textured surface. I see many carvings in wood that for my taste are over finished, perfectly smooth and shiny etc. Even though cowries are often shiny in nature I like to have this fine texture on my carvings which I feel is more tactile.
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25th April 2014, 11:39 PM #12SENIOR MEMBER
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I decided on a fresh water crayfish claw for the final piece in this set. I found one some months ago when walking along my creek and had wanted to try carving it ever since.
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30th April 2014, 10:03 PM #13
Quite an interesting selection.
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3rd May 2014, 11:16 PM #14
Just lovely work, love the detail in the claw. Are they going to be mounted on the burl box?
Iggy
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