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22nd November 2011, 02:48 AM #1
the witch
here my last piece i made, ' The Witch ' is made from French oak, is 1m90 big and weighs between 200 and 250 kilograms, the oak was 140 years old and the piece i had from it was weighing 450 kg
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Wonderful Andy. I am particularly interested in the witche's nose and hat brim. Do you worry about them breaking with the grain going through them as it does? I have a commission for a 'Punch' puppet (as in Punch and Judy), and I'm concerned about the potential weakness of the protruding nose and chin so some feedback from yourself would help.
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23rd November 2011, 07:02 AM #3
thank you whittling, no i don't worry about that, i don't say that it can't happen but i have found out that when i use oak the structure of the tree is verry dense especialy when it is still very whet inside. i finish the sculptures with Danish Oil, this penetrates good in the wood. This is what i see of it, then again i can be completly wrong, since i 've been just start to work with wood. But the logger i had my wood from told me too seal the wood as fast as i could after i finished carving, it slows the drying and avoid too big cracks.
But the wizard i made has big cracks in his rim but they are still pretty solid i must say
hope that was a little help
grt andy
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23rd November 2011, 10:26 AM #4Cliff.
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