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Thread: Cedar Caterpillar
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9th May 2013, 05:47 AM #1
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Cedar Caterpillar
Western Red Cedar fence post. 9 x 9 x 43cm. Cut for a 20 degree turn to the right and a 20 degree lift. The stone is 25mm thick. Copper spiracles, slate eyes and abalone shell eye spots. 2X Liquitex gloss varnish then lightly sanded back into the tool marks for the scale-like surface. Vinyard nightmare, yes? Kiss my spade.
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9th May 2013, 09:41 AM #2
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carved caterpillar
Hello Robson Valley,
Love it - particularly the use of local product for the bits and pieces. Well done again. Drillit.
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9th May 2013, 08:58 PM #3
He looks great RV! I like all the inlays and the way he stands up, it's a very natural pose!
Well done!
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10th May 2013, 06:55 AM #4
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Thanks drillit. It's nice to find ways to incorporate British Columbia materials.
Sometimes paint on a carving doesn't fit into my head.
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10th May 2013, 06:59 AM #5
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Thanks featherwood. Is it any more appealing because you know _exactly_ how the shell and stone were prepared? (Everybody: there's a thread about this, back somewhere in this forum.)
I toyed with the idea of airbrushing the whole thing green. Nope. Gotta see that cedar. So just the feet/toes got done in black. How Goth!
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10th May 2013, 03:33 PM #6
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Ah ha, western red cedar and abalone shell, your favorite combinations RV, he's pretty cute but I get the urge to squash him for destroying
the grapes that make the wine I enjoy so much.yeah run caterpillar run.
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11th May 2013, 06:28 AM #7
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Thanks Rob. That abalone shell sneaks in there quite often. The RV brand is underneath. I think that's a good way to mark my carvings.
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12th May 2013, 07:41 AM #8
Cute !
The tool marks give a nice texture.
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13th May 2013, 02:28 AM #9
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Thanks copeau:
I wanted a really simple thing to carve = make a bunch of equally spaced fret cuts in a fence post and get busy. That was the time to rough out the legs.
Then came the idea to lift and turn parts of the body.
I do believe that I cut down between the segments far more than is generally realistic. With the legs roughed out, it occurred to me that the body diameter would be far less than I originally imagined. Think I need a 6" x 6" for the next one.
Surface. What to do? Rejected all paint. Smooth? I prefer tool marks as a distinction of hand work/carving.
Personally, the Dragonfly dishes were much more satisfying, I nearly got what I wanted. Possibly another pair in Alaskan Yellow Cedar (Chamycyparis nootkatensis). Must look. Think I have some 4" x 4".