CARVED HORSES BOOK-END

Wow, those are absolutely stunning! You’re a true artist!

-- Kevin, Wisconsin

A fantstic carving set. I’m sure that it will be greatly appreciated/

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

You are an extrordinary artist, I’m constantly amazed at your work and detail to beauty. Well done my friend. Please post that beautiful work you showed me a few weeks ago, all lumberjocks would love to see it, even though it is in stone.

-- Dan Wiggins

Gorgeous work. And yes, before I even read the description, I could tell they were supposed to be a stallion and mare.

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

Muito bom, Marco. I like all your work, especially this one and the old town window view. That is incredible. How long did it take? There’s no need to apologize for your English, it is great. Bem-vindo a LumberJocks.

-- Gary, Huntsville. May you live as long as you want and not want as long as you live.

Great workmanship beautiful carving well done and thanks for showing us your work.Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

Outstanding creations, they will be cherished for years to come.

They may not want to cover up the beautifully engraved brass with books.

You have a great style of carving.

I have carved some horses, but not as good as yours.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Savannah
Thank you again for the kind words you used to describe my amateur work.
Regarding to the “other” project you’ve mentioned, as I told you in your e-mail address, I’m afraid to post something that is not mainly a woodworking job. Despite ” TEMPUS FUGIT” (this is the tittle of the piece!) is a work where I used a lot of woodworking elbow grease, I understand that probably the main work are made out of marble and mini-sculptures or ornaments found in gold. As I told you, I don’t want to invade the main purpose of the site.
In any way, I promise you I’ll think about.
By the way, I sent a message to Martin and MsDebbie asking for the possibility of inserting of a new TAG :- mixed media.

-- MARCO AURELIO R. GUIMARAES, BELO HORIZONTE, MG, BRAZIL

Beautiful! The horses are very detailed. They would make a great chess set. Thanks for posting.

-- Dennis Zongker

bamasawduster
Thank you for your so kind but not deserved words.
Regarding to how long it took to be done, I’d like to tell you a curious story.
Some time ago, I received in my house a visit of a couple friends that were making arrangements in order to get married. Down here in Brazil, it’s a honor to be invited to be a godfather of a couple in the wedding ceremony.
They came to invite me and I asked for a wedding list in order to provide a not duplicated present.
They answered:- What? A gift bought in a store? No sir, we want something made by yourself. With your own hands! Something to be remembered for many years. After all, you’re like our second father.
Well, the wedding date would be in the next seven days! Then I decided to make the book-end, since they are horse raisers.
In the wedding day, the work was ready and I could feel myself proud for ending the job at time.
I took the book-end to their house in the last day. They received it and told me how they appreciated it.
At the same afternoon, wearing my (and only!) best suit I went to the church.
In there, they call all other godfathers, but not me!!!
That way, I was a simple guest but not a godfather!!!

-- MARCO AURELIO R. GUIMARAES, BELO HORIZONTE, MG, BRAZIL

Marco you have done it again. Your carving skills are amazing. I can only imagine what it must feel like to carve something this wonderful, to have the pieces come to life in your hands. I thank you for posting the beautiful work.
Your number one fan.
Doug in AZ.

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Marco, this is a beautiful set of book-ends. They both are so realistic and you have captured the spiritual essence of both the mare and stallion in your carving. I am sure that these will be treasured heirlooms for the couple.

Thanks for sharing these wonderful pieces.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Marco, as usual you have created a masterpiece. I think that you have capatured the real essence of the horseand at the same time enhanced the the beauty of the wood.

-- RTB. "dumb animals are not stupid they simply can't talk "

Unbelievable for amateur work, so I won’t believe it. You are a master. Just plane old beautiful!!! And you engraved with a rotary tool, okay I can believe that, but with such precision!? You have great hand, eye, co-ordination. Love your visions, thanks for sharing your exceptional work. .

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

Great Lookin book ends

-- Jim, Kentucky

You have done a fantastic job of conquering multiple media.

Bravo!

-- Scott - Chico California http://chicowoodnut.home.comcast.net

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

I’m grateful for the encouraging and inspiring comments regarding to this simple work.
I think you’re too kind and actually increase, beyond I deserve, the quality of a piece that after all, isn’t that good!
Mtnwild, Scott, rtb and my friend Doug:- I don’t know how to tell you how much your ever nice words make me be gratified for sharing my work with people such as you, that appreciate what I do.
I also say a special THANK YOU to Chico, John and Jim, who took their time to write their kind comments.

-- MARCO AURELIO R. GUIMARAES, BELO HORIZONTE, MG, BRAZIL

Marco,

Don’t belittle your amazing talent.

Your work puts most of us to shame.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

We are awed by your fine work. Thank you for sharing your talents with us.

Do you carve from photographs, models, your own imagination, or . . .? They are extremely realistic.

-- "But godliness with contentment is great gain." 1 Timothy 6:6

lightweightladyleftie
Thanks for your kindness and for interesting for my work.
Answering to your question, it’s hard to explain everything in a few words.
In a general way a use live models for human poses- at least for the most “contorted” ones!
Since animals definitely don’t pose (!), I use photos, what isn’t a quite good source, once there’s not the 3D effect such as in a two dimension shot. But shots are always useful.
Of course the memory is very important to try reproducing what I want and I use it a lot, but I think I need a much better sense of observation.
Actually, I think it’s much easier to make a sculpture than a drawing, since in drawings and pictures, the artist must create an illusion of perspective and 3D which is naturally present in sculpture.
For mixed media works, I try making the best project I can do, with a lot of prototype designs and designs to follow. Since mixed media is composed of more than one material, the separated parts must match exactly, what is not easy for me. The book-end isn’t the case, but other woodworking projects in which I use marble, glass, bronze, etc., I’ve experienced a lot of problems with “shrinking”, juxtaposition, etc.
Thanks for asking.

-- MARCO AURELIO R. GUIMARAES, BELO HORIZONTE, MG, BRAZIL

Sweet

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Marco
You never cease to amaze me. Another fantastic piece of art.
Your Intarsia friend.
Harv

Great work, thanks for posting.

-- http://www.kennethbirdine.com/

Absolutely beautiful! Very inspirational. Thank you for sharing.