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Curly Maple framed Haunted Forest tiles

Project by DAN posted 238 days ago 590 views 1 time favorited 13 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Titled: Another Look into My Haunted Forest

This one is for sale.

Framed stoneware tile frieze in Terra cotta bronzed “liver of sulfur” wash finish.

Curly maple frame inspired by works by Charles Rohlfs. Butter-cup antiqued mission finish.

All my tiles start as mahogany relief woodcarvings,then … made into plaster molds, pressed stoneware clay and kiln fired to around 2000 degrees

Bronze patina finish is produced similar to “David Marks” DIY techniques . I use a combination of materials but a good place to start is /:http://www.sculptnouveau.com.

You might want to compare this set of tiles to some of my earlier pieces. Been carving and scratching on the plaster mold sharpening the small details etc. .... adding a little texture and contrast. Hopefully visual interest.




-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever


13 comments so far

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Dennis Zongker

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posted 237 days ago

Beautiful piece of art! Love the wood grain and color.

-- Dennis Zongker

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mtnwild

1979 posts in 406 days


posted 237 days ago

Very unique work. I can’t understand why I love the screws showing. Usually that’s the sort of thing we try and hide or cover with a detail. Here it is the detail. Very cool. Love the tiles, as always, mysterious. Great stuff!!!

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

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Loucarb

901 posts in 324 days


posted 237 days ago

That is something else. That seems like it would be very time consuming making the tiles. Excellent piece. Thanks for sharing.

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roman

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posted 237 days ago

how did you do that?

very nice

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

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JimKing201

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posted 237 days ago

Wow.
That style.

Takes a person back to the olden days of dragons and castles! Very, very unique! I am impressed!!

-- Got Wood?

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Bureaucrat

6897 posts in 530 days


posted 237 days ago

Hey Dan: Great piece. I really appreciate the notes that explain a bit about the process. Not how I imagined it was done. Thanks

-- Gary, South Central Wisconsin. So much to learn, so little time!

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jimp

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posted 237 days ago

Nice work! The shape is the frame is beautiful.

-- - Jim, Vancouver,WA

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kolwdwrkr

2218 posts in 469 days


posted 237 days ago

very cool. Another nice one

-- ~ Inspiring those who inspire me ~

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mtnwild

1979 posts in 406 days


posted 237 days ago

What happens to the original wood carvings?

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

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DAN

6396 posts in 861 days


posted 237 days ago

Thanks for all the nice comments … another good day @ lumberjocks

Jack
Original wood carvings are in a box in the garage along with several other others.
Regards
DAN

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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rodb

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posted 237 days ago

Keep up the great work Dan.
Always great to see what you have done.
Rod

-- Rod Baltimore Ontario

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Grumpy

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posted 236 days ago

Don’t go into the woods tonight…..........
Great piece of art Dan.

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

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jockmike2

7222 posts in 1125 days


posted 236 days ago

Nice Dan, Very Cool.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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