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As far as work that is relaxing, this is it. The chinese symbols are “Peaceful Mountain” carved in Jacaranda. The 4 signs together are carved from Mango on the top and bottom and Macnut for the 2 center signs. straight forward palintino font, all I change is closing the serifs on the ends to make it easier to carve. The third is the endvise on bench in my livingroom. I have a color picture somewhere, but the wood is mango, with the darker wood coming from a Koa stump near our house.
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11 comments so far
mot
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posted 744 days ago
These are really nice. You have the skill of the steady hand. Nice!
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Thos. Angle
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posted 744 days ago
Nice work, Harold. I like the looks of Chinese. I don’t have a clue how it works, but It looks exotic.LOL I especially like the motto on you vise. Excellent
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 744 days ago
Very nice Harold!
I just watched a program about Chinese calligraphy on Direct TV channel 455. Chinese TV.
There’s about 5000 letters in there alphabet. very interesting.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 744 days ago
that first one—magnificent
and the last pix. The b&w is perfect. Great photo
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Harold
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posted 744 days ago
Thanks for the comments, The neatest thing about the asian calligraphy I enjoy, is that I can get the carved brush look, with one chisel a 1/4” out-cannel gouge. If you think you may want to paint the letters, seal the wood before you begin carving, this will make it easier to clean up and also give you nice clean edges that don’t bleed as much.
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Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 744 days ago
The first image is my favorite, I just love the Asian aesthetic and am very influenced by it. I really like the black and white photo, it looks pretty cool. It’s like “scenes from the shop.”
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miles125
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posted 744 days ago
Love the signs and your choice of fonts. Great job!
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cajunpen
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posted 744 days ago
I think that your carvings are excellent. I wish I had the patience and talent to carve.
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Chip
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posted 742 days ago
Great stuff Harold. Maybe you said this but I don’t see it… is that acrylic resin in the asian calligraphy? Latex paint? You mention finishing the wood before painting but I don’t see a reference to the type of paint you would suggest. Thanks.
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Harold
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posted 742 days ago
I use a water based latex for the lettering. Water based because it is quick to clean my little brushes. As Dick mentioned above there are thousands of characters and styles. Most represent complete words or thoughts.
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Jiri Parkman
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posted 701 days ago
Harold,
this is nice.
-- Jiri