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Haven't done much woodworking of late apart from a recent project I made for my wife. Large 15kg piece of coral sitting on a red gum burl base. It Is about 600 mm high.

Had to recess burl base to...

I'm in

Love the fish, but have to agree with Springwater the stand doesn't really fit (do justice to the fish), however it might just be how it looks in the photo's.

Awesome bit of sculpture, love the...

Love it. You known you've created something special, when a picture with no words can put a smile on someones face, well done. The simple things in life, better stop now I'm starting to sound like...

Whittling I'll give the shellac a go, would you suggest "U Beaut" White Shellac or something different ?

Cava, have a few arbortech tools, used a combination, Industrial woodcarver, Mini grinder...

Thanks for the comments.

I don't think I will go with clay spikes as suggested. Will look at making a sea urchin to use the spikes for, will use jarrah again for the centre section (got a picture...

Been a while since I put anything on the forum. I have done quite a few carved bowls and platers and experimented with what I call my banksia pods, (not good for anything but look nice), all carved...

I have completed quite a few new pieces of late wont bore you with them all. Finished a jarrah plate today, pretty average piece of wood to start with but I could see the potential and was very...

Nice work, lovely colours.

I have attached a couple of photos of someTawny Frogmouths located in the bush near my house, they are extremely well camouflaged and were up in the canopy of the tree. Whilst it is hard to see,...

Now you nose where to find your sunnies and keys. Love ya work.

Keep the pieces coming, I love your stuff its great.

What you see is the finished product, as suggested I kept the natural texture of the wood for the skin of the gecko. Over time the freshly cut timber will grey off.

I'm not interested in a fine...

First attempts of some garden art in preparation for totem poles, have to get some chisels for the finer details as the grinding wheels are too aggressive for detail.

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Latest large Jarrah Bowl. I finished it with U Beaut Polishes Neutral "Traditional Wax" and was really happy with the outcome the wax polished up beautifully.

Most of the outside has a natural...

Great job.

I'm hoping some of the talented peoples work on this forum rubs off on me, however I think i'll be sticking to carving bowls for a while.

Nice Job.

I hope to have a go at something similar down the track when I get some decent timber.

Raav thanks for giving me a laugh with the Chris de Burgh comment.

Years ago I use to work...

Thanks for your comments.

Completed another burl piece today, it is made from as thin jarrah burl offcut is more of a plate than a bowl, has some beautiful colours running through it, I finished...

I use the full size Industrial Woodcarver to take out the bulk of the wood and then use the mini grinder with industrial blade and finish off using the sanding discs and then hand sand for a finer...

Hello to all

I am new to carving, have created two bowls so far, I like large chunky natural type wood furniture and wooden items so probably not most peoples cup of tea but I had fun creating...