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Edit … OOPS! I meant Calvary, not Calgary! Thanks for the heads up Russ ! ...
While I was digging thru the scrap pile I spotted a piece which had been broken off the end of a longer board. When I first got it I could see the tire track where someone had run it over with their vehicle.
There was a 1.5" wide piece which had split along one edge that was almost 9" down the long side, and the short edge was jaggedly broken upward and left. So the piece you see on the right (the larger cross) is just as I saw it. Somehow the very top of it reminded me of the cross. Only took me a few minutes on the bandsaw to turn that jagged edge into something that resembles a rock mountain.
On the oak crosspiece I used a rasp to make some rough slashes to resemble the lash marks on Jesus' back, then I cut the pieces for the 2 small crosses from a narrow piece of walnut and glued them to the back of the "mountain". The lower front piece is a piece of old pine that I beat with a hammer and chisel and splashed some dark stain on it.
When I posted the piece yesterday that I titled "Son Rise" I was first going to call it "Calvary", but THIS piece reminds me a bit more of Calvary (or Golgotha ) where Christ was said to have been crucified with the two thieves. .
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Here's another shot of the front
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a side view
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And the back
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This piece is just about 12" high and almost 10" wide.
Thanks for looking…
While I was digging thru the scrap pile I spotted a piece which had been broken off the end of a longer board. When I first got it I could see the tire track where someone had run it over with their vehicle.
There was a 1.5" wide piece which had split along one edge that was almost 9" down the long side, and the short edge was jaggedly broken upward and left. So the piece you see on the right (the larger cross) is just as I saw it. Somehow the very top of it reminded me of the cross. Only took me a few minutes on the bandsaw to turn that jagged edge into something that resembles a rock mountain.
On the oak crosspiece I used a rasp to make some rough slashes to resemble the lash marks on Jesus' back, then I cut the pieces for the 2 small crosses from a narrow piece of walnut and glued them to the back of the "mountain". The lower front piece is a piece of old pine that I beat with a hammer and chisel and splashed some dark stain on it.
When I posted the piece yesterday that I titled "Son Rise" I was first going to call it "Calvary", but THIS piece reminds me a bit more of Calvary (or Golgotha ) where Christ was said to have been crucified with the two thieves. .
.
Here's another shot of the front
.
.
.
a side view
.
.
.
And the back
.
.
.
This piece is just about 12" high and almost 10" wide.
Thanks for looking…