| Project by Colin | posted 281 days ago | 404 views | 3 times favorited | 10 comments |  |
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This design and carving of this plate has occupied my evenings over the last month of dark nights and snowy weather.
The design really evolved from “footering” around with some paper and a compass, looking at others designs from books and other chip carvers designs posted on the web. The result you can now see, I am never sure how the plate will turn out until the design is cut, it’s fascinating to see how the plate changes as progress is made.
The plate is made of Lime (basswood), finished with two coats of spay urethane varnish. The plate was purchased from the US and shipped across. If anyone knows of a supplier in the UK I would welcome that information.
-- Colin, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. "Every craftsman was once an amateur"
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trifern
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posted 281 days ago
Great looking carving. With carving skills like that, you should be able to turn your own plate on a lathe. Thanks for sharing.
-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.
rodb
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posted 281 days ago
The geometry of this piece is very nice. You have a great eye my friend.
Thanks for the post.
Rod
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isetegija
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posted 281 days ago
Fantastic work , very nice.
You must really have patience.
Thanks for sharing.
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kolwdwrkr
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posted 281 days ago
Very nice chip carving! There’s a lot of work in that.
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BarryW
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posted 281 days ago
excellent detail…a beautiful gift or heirloom…
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willwall
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posted 281 days ago
Excellent !! Nice skill. Someday, I’ll try.
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ND2ELK
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posted 281 days ago
Exquisite detail and design! Beautiful work! Thanks for posting.
God Bless
tom
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techyman2
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posted 276 days ago
hi colin,
this is really impresive. I like the consistency of the carving throughout the plate.
Dave
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SCOTSMAN
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posted 276 days ago
Really very well done NICE NICE NICE Alistair
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MNbuzzdust
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posted 229 days ago
Beautiful work! Thanks for the inspiration I needed that..