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Mount Rushmore

Greg Messick@gregm
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#1 · June 10, 2018, 3:38 pm

This is a relief carving  that I started last year. It is more than I  expected  but with palm tools it's much slower and the tools I need. But use what I've  got and it's turning pretty decent. And any help will be greatly appreciated such as us it for firewood etc.

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Last edited on June 10, 2018, 4:43 pm by Greg Messick
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MaryMay@marymay
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#2 · June 13, 2018, 9:14 pm

I think carving faces in shallow relief is the most challenging kind of relief carving you could choose. You're doing fine with it, so keep going! Maybe take a quarter out and try studying or copying that. It may give you some help of how the details of faces are carved in microscopic relief.

The rose is beautiful!

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