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11th December 2007, 03:40 PM #1Intermediate Member
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New member
Been looking at this forum from time to time and have decided to join in. I dont know if i can call myself a woodcarver as i use more than one piece of timber. I make wooden fish here is a a couple i made out of red cedar, any coments are welcome.
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11th December 2007, 05:36 PM #2
Hey Fisherman,, i like the way you have used the grain to look like scales, or it appears that way well done i say..
RickSull
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11th December 2007, 05:55 PM #3
they good fishman and welcome
nice looking wood how did you do the fins and tail
the lips look a bit square butsmile and the world will smile with you
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12th December 2007, 04:21 PM #4Skwair2rownd
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Welcome to the madhose fisherman.
They are great and would be the only kind of fish I could catch.
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13th December 2007, 10:36 AM #5Intermediate Member
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Thanks for the feedback. I actually do the fins seperately using gouges to shape them and rebate them into the fish. With the tail i use a vee chisel to make the patten. Ill take on board the feedback about the lips but i like them to stand out. Heres a couple of more pictures.
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13th December 2007, 11:05 AM #6
so what do you with all your fish ,,,sell,give away,or display at home
are you thinking of doing something other than fish
my wife has got to the point of saying no more carveings the house is getting to full of them
thinking of moveing away from wood anyway soonsmile and the world will smile with you
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13th December 2007, 11:53 AM #7SENIOR MEMBER
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13th December 2007, 12:15 PM #8Intermediate Member
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Im into fishing so i make a few for fishing buddies. Also sell a few by word of mouth and at the local markets. Mainly just do fish but thinking of tring some 3D carvings next year.
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15th December 2007, 11:17 PM #9
And I thought my icthyus was good.
Good work Fishy
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16th December 2007, 12:00 PM #10GOLD MEMBER
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Nice work, Fisherman. As regards the lips, I think you have already got Arty's point, because you choose to show another photo where they look (to me, at least) much more suited to the piece as a whole. Caricature is a useful technique, provided it is applied to the whole piece consistently. If it is half "realistic" and half "caricated" it looks unbalanced.
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16th December 2007, 07:47 PM #11Intermediate Member
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Thanks for all the comments, only been carving for about a year so still have alot to learn. Im working on a kingfish at the moment, ill post it when its finished.
PS Anyone got any tips on sanding they almost takes me as long to sand as they do to carve.
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16th December 2007, 11:16 PM #12GOLD MEMBER
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Yes, sanding is a pain. I copied this rig from TTIT and works well for me. The drill costs $15 at Bunnings, the disc pad and sandpaper discs are available at Carrols.
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