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Thread: Wall Fishing
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7th May 2014, 08:39 PM #1
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Wall Fishing
Carrying on with the same concept as my last wall piece I've dedicated this one to fishing, something I enjoy doing when the opportunity arises.
The hand is Huon pine and wax, the fish is cedar and Danish oil.
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8th May 2014, 10:11 AM #2
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Hard to find wood carvings with such a delightful concept. It works.
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9th May 2014, 05:46 AM #3
Fun piece
..love it
what if the hokey pokey is really what it's all about?
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9th May 2014, 02:49 PM #4
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Thanks RV & Underfoot, I only have smaller pieces of wood left at the moment so it works quite well with this concept. It is a lot of fun working out some different ideas for it.
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9th May 2014, 03:03 PM #5
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Rob, given your talent, it is black news to read that you "don't have much wood left."
Do you have some solutions for that puzzle?
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9th May 2014, 07:05 PM #6
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That's really cool Rob.
I like the idea a lot.
There is a sculptor called Claes Oldenburg who has done a similar work on a gigantic scale in a park in France. His piece is called "Buried Bicycle"..... check out a few shots here...http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rc...,d.dGI&cad=rja
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9th May 2014, 08:11 PM #7
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RV, Thanks for the compliment and concern, I don't know about talented though I still consider myself as a novice in this game, still have a lot to learn. As for the wood situation an easy solution is money
, seriously there's plenty of wood in WA but not much good carving wood. After having used Huon pine and white beech it's hard to switch to something else, I used to buy Jelutong from Carbatec but they don't sell wood anymore and I've never reallly been a big fan of the stuff anyway, Western red cedar I can get quite easily. I guess I'll have to save some money and get some wood sent from Tassie or the East. Would love to try some lime if I could get some I'm told that's good.
Artful bodger, Thanks for the link, that sculpture is awesome, gigantic is the right word, I like how they had to put the font wheel in a different part of the park to keep the scale.. Just thought I'd post this sculpture I saw when I was in Singapore a couple of weeks ago.
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16th May 2014, 01:40 AM #8
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That's a very original concept Rob I like it very much.
Very sorry to hear you are short of a piece of decent carving wood, most folk have the wood but not the ideas , with you it's the other way around ! That's a rare & enviable situation, it's a pity thousands of miles separate us.
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16th May 2014, 05:53 PM #9
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16th May 2014, 08:50 PM #10
Very well done on the fishing carving. You really do produce some amazing things.