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How do you tackle a new project ?
Is it of the cuff , do you plan it?
i suppose i make work deveoping ideas and testing things making templates and keep both photo records and templates in a file in case i want/need to carve the same items
It has the advantage of knowing how much wood i need ,so i can cut the blocks to size and it tells me if i fancy doing it ,quite a few are ditched.
Cv3 mentioned useing boot polish so tested a couple of small pieces out on lime wood to see how it looks and poss. use in future,also carved into the bark of a hazel shank quickly tried to do a line drawing with a rotary tool the used oxo blood shoe polis on it . melted the polish with the heat gun.It has possible uses .Also messing about with some drawings .trying to draw a osprey holding a salmon and tryimg to work out how to mout it .Have looked into making talons using brass rods and epoxy resin .How to attach it to the salmon and how to attach the salmon to the shank .
all a bit up in the air?
Also came across a template of a canvas back drake whick looks pretty good
Heres a few ideas for you to chew the fat on, and feed back would help good ,bad or indifferent
1st just tryimg out different colour boot polish.2 cavas back drake Others messing about with a osprey
Is it of the cuff , do you plan it?
i suppose i make work deveoping ideas and testing things making templates and keep both photo records and templates in a file in case i want/need to carve the same items
It has the advantage of knowing how much wood i need ,so i can cut the blocks to size and it tells me if i fancy doing it ,quite a few are ditched.
Cv3 mentioned useing boot polish so tested a couple of small pieces out on lime wood to see how it looks and poss. use in future,also carved into the bark of a hazel shank quickly tried to do a line drawing with a rotary tool the used oxo blood shoe polis on it . melted the polish with the heat gun.It has possible uses .Also messing about with some drawings .trying to draw a osprey holding a salmon and tryimg to work out how to mout it .Have looked into making talons using brass rods and epoxy resin .How to attach it to the salmon and how to attach the salmon to the shank .
all a bit up in the air?
Also came across a template of a canvas back drake whick looks pretty good
Heres a few ideas for you to chew the fat on, and feed back would help good ,bad or indifferent
1st just tryimg out different colour boot polish.2 cavas back drake Others messing about with a osprey





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