Knot just a Sculpture

Generally I love your work but this one is creepy.
I remainds me of an anemic polish sausage.

Cheers

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

I like it. It feels alive.

well since i know how hard maple is i can appreate the time an d effort to carve this. di dyou use power or hand tools?

looks nice and smooth.

-- pat,ohio...http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/patshwigar/

Pat, I used straight chisels and a curved gouge for the most part. I tried to use a rotary but found it difficult to maneuver around the curves. I don’t have a dremel or a rotary like that. I have a die grinder but I burnt out my compressor with it on the mermaid sculpture. So I tried a roto zip with a rasp and it’s just to bulky. After all the thing is made for cutting holes in drywall and what not. But there comes a time when you must use what you have to get the job done.
Bob, thanks for making me hungry. LOL. At least it’s almost lunch time.
Rareddy, it does feel alive. I should have carved a little face at the end of one of the tips and it could have been a worm. I think the knot concept would have worked out better if I would have made it look tighter. Oh well.
Thanks for the comments so far, and to those of you saying yuck and wondering off without commenting just post what’s on your mind. I like feedback positive or negative.

-- ~ Inspiring those who inspire me ~

Good concept, good execution. The form seems to keep a uniform diameter through out the piece. I might suggest you cut the knot off of the black base and support it with a small brass tube on a pedestal. The shape of the base is competing with the shape of the knot. This will give the piece more of an all around shape. Then your knot won’t have a beginning or and end.
I would love to see this in a wood with a very strong grain pattern, the grain and the shape would then give tension to one another. I could easily see this as a series in a gallery. Don’t stop at just one. You might be on to something!

-- http://www.efcabineture.com/ You can be tired, or you can be broke, but you should never be tired and broke.

Way cool. Uniform thickness is what machines are for. Hand sculptures should flow however the creator sees fit.

-- Doug, woodworking in Alabama

Well done, I am sure it will be well received.

Tony Ward

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Very interresting and looks “tricky”.......... most importantly though, I love the dedication to your daughter.
How true and wonderful !

-- Gene, Majestic Eagle Woodworks, http://majesticeagleww.etsy.com/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/majesticeagle/

I like it too. Think you can develop that further. Let the wood talk as you work and your natural talent will guide you. Don’t go at it too tight with design. Sometimes the wood tells you where to take it. Like me I just use what is available for tools. I try to avoid buying things unless I know Ill be using it a lot. I also think some kind of base would be nice. Nice art piece!

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

I really like it. It almost looks alive to me.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Great piece of art and I liked your explanation of the idea.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

I think this is a cool looking piece.
I made a rather small detail sander out of a tooth brush….LOL…ok I know it sounds crazy but it actually works well. Try it you will be suprised and it cost about 10 bucks.
I made about 15 or more for carvers in our group they love them.



Let me know if your intrested I’ll give ya more info on it, but its really straight forward.
Thanks for the post

-- Can't never could do anything, to try is to advance.

Interesting sander. An impressive sculpture.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Jim that toothbrush sander idea looks pretty cool. Thanks for sharing it. I may look into it in the future. Thanks for all the comments guys.

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That toothbrush should come with a warning label on it. LOL

That’s really a great idea. I guess the ones that spin could be called random orbit toothbrushes huh?

Nice sculpture.

Lee

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impressive!

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Keith, you never cease to amaze.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python