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Ever year I try and make something different to chip carve on and this year was no exception. I made a basswood 24" x 24" x 4" raised star. The ridges on this created unique challenges in both design and execution. I made the 5 points and carved them before I assembled them. I bleached the wood before carving and sealed it with lacquer.

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Roger: Your mind and your hands do fantastic and magic work.

Beautiful.
 

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Really nice carving . I could never get those joints to work so nicely , I would have had gaps everywhere . Great project .
 

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A very beautiful piece! That took a great deal of skill. Very nice job.
 

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I looked at the star on the projects page and it looked like . a star… and then I see the first picture here and say "wow" .. and then I click on the next and my jaw drops .. and then the next and the next.

That centre star-first of all, to think of adding that star!! What a surprise it was to see it.. and then the intricacies of that star added to all the details of the rest of the piece… man oh man.. extraordinary!
 

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Hi Roger,

I believe Karson said it the best. Absolutely amazing work.

Lee
 

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Thanks everyone! It is a good feeling to know that the carving has potential for a blue ribbon at the woodcarving show I sent it to.

If you use your imagination a little you will see arrows that run out to the points of the star. The inner star points are used as the feathers. ;-)
 

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Wow is right. That is such a fabulous carving. The design is amazing and the carving is so detailed, intricate and crisp.
 

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Seriously, immensely Intricate.
 

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an amazing design and execution…the first thing i thought when I saw it was 'how in the world did he do that?'
 

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Beautiful job on that star!!
 

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Roger,

Such perfection! Simply amazing! Thanks for sharing. A blue ribbon for certain.

L/W
 

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Thank you everyone for the kind comments. I have around 10 hrs. in making the star and 20+ carving it.
 

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Great work. I like the use of the texture on the center star. It's good to see something truely different-and original.
 
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