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Celtic Design for oak table

May 14, 2012 / Mary May / Celtic design
marble carved hand started
shaping the celtic design

Yes, that actually plugs in!

Celtic corner design

Today was a very busy day working with messy, dusty machines. If I know I have to use grinders, routers, or whatever it is, I try to do it all in one day to get it over with. I really could do without doing this part, but I guess it gets me to the fun part faster!

I cut out the ball and claw feet blanks on a bandsaw for the class this weekend that will be held at Roy Underhill’s – The Woodwright’s School in Pittsboro, NC. There are still 3 openings (I think), so if you’re in that area, these classes are a lot of fun. You don’t really need any carving experience either.

Then on to grinding out a piece of marble with a diamond grinder to shape the little sculpted hand so I can complete the repair. My eyes are still gritty – even with goggles. Once I fit this snuggly on the original, so the wrist is the same size, I will then finish the fingers with a hand-chisel and do the finishing. The hand will be slightly smaller after finishing details.

Then on to routing out the background of a new project. I am working on a detail for a medieval table for a church. Andrew Gould, (www.newworldbyzantine.com) an architect that specializes in some amazing classical designs came up with this sort of rustic celtic/scandinavian design.

The background goes down about 1/4″, and then all the scrolls, celtic knots and creatures are hand-carved. This is quarter-sawn white oak, so I’ll be spending a lot of time sharpening tools tomorrow. I have videoed the process of doing the small corner design, so that will eventually be on the video school web site.

And after all this, I still have to finish the work for Savannah. And… I am continuing to work on getting the online school up. My aim at this point is fully publishing it for late June or early July. I will be spending the next month doing a lot of test runs and making sure everything runs without issues.

So…It doesn’t look as if sleep is on my list over the next few weeks or months. It’s over-rated…

2 comments on “Celtic Design for oak table”

  1. Bob Easton says:
    May 15, 2012 at 2:01 pm

    All is interesting, with the exception of the tailed demons, a necessary evil for someone trying to earn a living.

    The Celtic arch presents a question. It’s not always easy to read 3 dimensional shapes from 2 dimensional images. It appears that the innermost element of the arch changes shape from being a cove on the ends to becoming an astragal in the center. Is that the case, or an illusion? If so, very nicely done. The transitions are imperceptible.

    • admin says:
      May 15, 2012 at 8:31 pm

      Hi Bob,
      In my Pollyanna mode (my husband accuses me of this often), I was thinking of the creatures as nice little birds – see the beaks?

      As for the question about the Celtic arch, this is simply a routed edge with a rounded (convex) profile along the inside – all the same shape. With the quarter sawn oak and the way it was glued together, the shadows create an interesting effect. It’s sort of like looking at a photo of a relief carving and not being able to tell whether it is carved into the wood, or raised above the wood because of odd shadow lines.

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