Chip-Cravings

A lot of detail in these pieces!. I’m guessing the first 2 are trivets. What is the story behind the pieces in photos 3 and 5? They are all very impressive!

-- Steve - Impatience is Expensive

Steve,

The second piece is actual a card box which I did not show the side, it is not a trivet. The 3rd piece is a plate which is inscribed in Greek “IN Christ”. It is the same sign the the Emperor Constantine put on the shield of his soldiers before they fought the great battle against another Roman emperor. After Constantine won the battle he made the Christian religion the state religion which is now the Holy Roman Catholic Church which began the mixture of one religion with the state. I could tell you more but it has led to many things that are currently being fought over in our Constitution. The fifth piece is just a basswood board I made for my wife to decorate her shelf. It only has a personal significance to her and myself. I wasn’t attempting to make a statement as I did with the third piece.

-- Russ

Thanks for the addtional information Russ! I look forward to seeing more of your work.

-- Steve - Impatience is Expensive

These are very nice, Russell. I hope that I can learn how to chip carve. I started this passed weekend.

-- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau