EXCELLENT Work mike!!!! Thank you....
EXCELLENT Work mike!!!! Thank you....
Jerry
Wow Mike, really wonderful work. Following along with great interest!
Bumbling forward into the unknown.
Getting better and better! And you work feverishly fast!
Wow! this is amazing. I wish I had just a fraction of your talent!
Jeff.
Leo carving the end grain was more of a challenge as all carving elements were short grain- fragile and pron to crushing v. Cutting.
The front edge had some long grain rising the elements together. Some of the details were not practical in this small scale and should have been left out. The pattern was intended for larger, architectural scale moulding.
Superglue was key tool for repairs on both edges. Even with the repairs, there are more than a few places where the basket was lost. If I were doing it again I would make the darts a simple , single plane shape.
Cheers, Mike
What about carving them out of a separate pc of edge grain and inlaying them. I figured the end grain would be a lot tougher to carve. Even with scary sharp, end grain resists.