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Self Portrait toy

Project by dreadhead posted 158 days ago 584 views 1 time favorited 19 comments Add to Favorites Watch

This is a self portrait I made for a school assignment. I did not really have any plan when I started this, I just started carving the head, and worked down from there. originally it was going to be many different materials, with just wood hands, but i wanted to challenge myself, and try to make the whole thing out of wood and cork. The head is carved from a 200 year old piece of pine that was reclaimed from a local victorian house. The chest is a pine scrap. The tops of the arms, and the hips are tulip wood (which was a pain to carve). The legs and forearms are cherry. Hands and feet are carved from industrial pressed cork. The dreads are actually wool that I roved into individual dreadlocks, similar to the way real ones are made, there are 56 all together. The red bandana was given to me by my grandfather. The earrings are small glass plugs i cut from window glass. Finally the whole thing is held together by walnut dowels, and finished with wax.

Part 2 of the assignment was an environment for my toy. So I made a miniature workshop for my guy, complete with a mahogany floor and bench top that was done with quarter inch strips. some miniature rough sawn lumber cut from my yard is stacked up on the side. I also made a miniature peg board frame, and rustic shelf, along with various miniature tools. Painted with the same paint as my studio. and the roof is a bandana stretched over a piece of hardboard trimmed with mahogany on the underside.

I really enjoyed making this, and I hope you all like it.

Thanks for checkin it out
-Marco

-- - Marco


19 comments so far

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a1Jim

16776 posts in 472 days


posted 158 days ago

Hey Marco
Fun stuff looks great built from interesting an meaningful materials. Lets hope no one sticks pins in it LOL.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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scrappy

1609 posts in 325 days


posted 158 days ago

Great likeness! We all have wood in our vains, yours just goes a little further.

Great job. Love the workshop to go with it.

Keep it up.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

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Mark A. DeCou

1537 posts in 1300 days


posted 158 days ago

this is cool. I was just thinking today of doing some jointed toy figures as folk-art for a little coop gallery I have my work in. Yes, I was thinking of that while I was doing something more boring today. Enjoyed seeing your project,
M

-- Mark DeCou - American Contemporary Craft Artisan - www.decoustudio.com

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isetegija

612 posts in 409 days


posted 158 days ago

That is so cool !

Thanks for making me smile .

-- My woodwork blog : http://www.isetehtud.pri.ee/blog/

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Rj

559 posts in 526 days


posted 157 days ago

Oh Man thats pretty awesome ! A real likeness to the originator,

We’re going to have to call you Chapeto….{:o)

Great Job!!

-- Rj's Woodworks,San Jose & Weed Ca,

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Christopher

563 posts in 815 days


posted 157 days ago

Thats frikken cool! I need to go with the dreads too. My hair drives me nuts.

-- "That Government is Best that Governs The Least."-Jefferson

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itsme_timd

676 posts in 725 days


posted 157 days ago

What a neat project! You can call him Mini-Me!!! MWAHAHAHAHAAA! =]

-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA

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TopamaxSurvivor

3017 posts in 570 days


posted 157 days ago

Now yiou have a twin brother :-))

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

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MsDebbieP

14159 posts in 1055 days


posted 157 days ago

brilliant.
the concept is amazing and the execution—masterful.
The bonus is all the specialty touches (grandfather’s gift, paint matching workshop etc)

Brilliant.

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

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stefang

1647 posts in 229 days


posted 157 days ago

Hope your creation doesn’t get into trouble like his Italian counterpart did. Great carving job and a good likeness!

-- Mike, American in Norway

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dreadhead

20 posts in 262 days


posted 157 days ago

Haha, Thanks for all the great coments guys

-Marco

-- - Marco

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Thor

64 posts in 1171 days


posted 157 days ago

Great project! I enjoyed reading about all of the details. I love the dreads!

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jeffl

28 posts in 205 days


posted 157 days ago

I like it. Keep on having fun.

-- Jeff,

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kolwdwrkr

2249 posts in 485 days


posted 157 days ago

Fun project. I’m not sure it’s a good idea to make your own voo-doo doll. You may get into trouble if it gets into the wrong hands….......lol

-- ~ Inspiring those who inspire me ~

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cabinetmaster

8534 posts in 453 days


posted 157 days ago

Wow, it really does look like you. Fantastic job.

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

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daltxguy

559 posts in 808 days


posted 144 days ago

Sorry, which was is you and which one is the dummy?..lol
This is so cool. Nicely done! Hope you don’t have a partner into voodoo.

Now why didn’t we have fun school assignments like that?

-- Steve, New Zealand, www.steveracz.com

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SCOTSMAN

2244 posts in 480 days


posted 144 days ago

Your just the young genius I have been looking, for I need two new knees could you knock me up two like this in lignum vitae please.A little larger to fit of course LOL You are a born wodworker my dear young lad well done again and again by the way I see a likeness maybe it’s the dread locks. LOL Alistair

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

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dreadhead

20 posts in 262 days


posted 139 days ago

Thanks Scotsman : D

-- - Marco

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mcoyfrog

809 posts in 489 days


posted 119 days ago

way cool, but i agree with kolwdwrkr about the voodoo thing LOL

great carving

-- Wood and Glass they kick (well you know) Have a great day - Dug

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