I am almost finished with the family crest (coat of arms). All the surrounding details are finished, but the center shield still needs to have the final shaping. I should be ready to make the rubber mold early next week. It’s been a really fun process working on making the leaves flipping in so […]
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Today I continued to work on the Coat of Arms. I hope to finish the carving tomorrow. Then I need to put a simple border around it and then seal the whole thing with shellac. I need to have a sealed surface so I can put release agent on it so the silicone rubber for the mold won’t stick […]
My Uncle Loren who lives in Hannibal, MO (Mark Twain’s home town) surprised me with a wonderful early Christmas gift yesterday. A large box arrived, and when I read the return address, it didn’t have his name on it. When I saw Hannibal, MO on it, I wondered…could it be from Uncle Loren? Who else lives […]
Today I spent the morning teaching 7th & 8th graders how to carve a relief scene into a board. Stefani Timmerman, the art teacher from Thomas C. Cario Middle School in Mt. Pleasant, invited me out to get her students started on a carving project. Fortunately one of the parents thought to bring leather gloves because if they […]
I think the most difficult chisel to sharpen is the v-chisel. There are so many ways it can go wrong, since it really is like sharpening 3 chisels – 2 flat ones, and a small gouge at the corner. They all need to work together to create a smooth, clean edge. I generally leave the […]
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