I greatly enjoyed your approach to scroll carving.
Sometimes is quite refreshing seeing a task being accomplished from a rather different direction.
At the end, a well made instrument is nothing other than a beautiful sound sculpture.
Mary, Thank you so much for your lessons.
Thank you! Yes, my approach to carving the violin scroll is definitely "un-conventional". But I went at it in the way I understand carving, and the end result was pretty close. It was a lot of fun!
Hi Mary
I had the same problem when turn my carving over. The tape would not hold. So I used a clamp called a holdfast with a small piece of leather under the foot of the holdfast. It worked really well. I could even clamp the pionsettia upright using the uncarved center.
Thanks Wayne! Great idea. You need to make sure it is definitely balanced and centered on the piece or it could tip and break. Sounds like you successfully carved the Poinsettia!
Thank you. The background was lowered for this project, but can be done by cutting out the leaves and applying to a surface. Basswood would be a great wood for this project.
Thanks for teaching me so much. I have come from nowhere to satisfactory in no time at all.
I trust that you & yours will have a blessed Christmas & successful new year. Yours, because His,
Hywel
I've scanned through both episodes of Carving a Celtic Cross and I cannot find where you show how to make a stippling tool. can you tell me whether it's in episode 1 or 2?
Sorry. It's actually a separate episode. Here is the direct link: https://www.marymaycarving.com/carvingschool/2016/03/16/antique-finishing-on-the-celtic-cross-introduction/
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