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Napkin

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This was a quick weekend project. It took about sixteen hours to carve. Made out of Mahogany, bleached and white washed. I took a dinner napkin laying off a board as a pattern and just went to carving. The napkin was auctioned off to raise money for the local art museum. It was thin enough in places that light would show through. First attempt at a carving like this one, fun project to do!

-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)


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airfieldman

72 posts in 348 days


posted 311 days ago

Wow. I thought this was a post about the table, thinking it was an odd title. Obviously your “napkin” was good enough to fool me, but that might not be too hard.
Nice work!

-- Do what you love, the money will follow --Marsha Sinetar

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GaryK

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posted 311 days ago

That’s pretty good. Fooled me also.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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Greg3G

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posted 311 days ago

Amazing work. I would have thought it would have taken much longer. I hope it does well at the auction, it deserves to be top honors.

-- Greg - Charles Town, WV

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motthunter

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posted 311 days ago

REALLY COOL!

-- making sawdust....

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ChicoWoodnut

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posted 311 days ago

That takes linenfold to a new level.

Nice

-- Scott - Chico California http://chicowoodnut.home.comcast.net

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DAN

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posted 311 days ago

awesome work

welcome to lumberjocks !!

-- ..... art for lifes sake ... danwalters@lumberjocks.com

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Scott Bryan

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posted 310 days ago

Are you sure you have the right photo? This looks like a real napkin to me.

This is a really cool project. If this represents your first carving effort you have missed your calling in life.

Keep up the good work and, by all means, continue to enjoy yourself.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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rpmurphy509

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posted 310 days ago

Glad I’m not the only one fooled. Thought it was an ‘artsy’ title for the table.
Excellent work.

-- Still learning everything

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Les Hastings

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posted 310 days ago

Thanks guys!!! Better clear something up, its not my first carving. Just my first attempt at a napkin.

-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)

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CharlieM1958

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posted 310 days ago

I’m gonna have to take your word for it that you are not pulling our collective leg. :-)

If that’s a wood carving, I’m just amazed.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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Chris

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posted 310 days ago

Simply Put “WOW”

-- Chris

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gizmodyne

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posted 310 days ago

Very cool

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

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cajunpen

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posted 310 days ago

I’m with Charlie – if it is a napkin carving – YOU ARE THE MAN!!!! Sure looks like a napkin to me though.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

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rikkor

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posted 310 days ago

Amazing!!!

-- Maplewood, MN

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miles125

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posted 310 days ago

That is too cool!

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

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Alin Dobra

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posted 310 days ago

Like everybody else, I was fooled. How big was the wood block you carved the napkin out of? Also, maybe you can share some of the tricks involved in doing this (a blog entry maybe).

Great carving,
Alin

-- -- Alin Dobra, Gainesville, Florida

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Les Hastings

559 posts in 311 days


posted 310 days ago

Alin, The napkin was about 12 to 14 inches in lenght and 8 or 10 inches deep, The fold hanging down was glued on with epoxy, the hole thing was from lumber that was 1 1/4 thick. As my time permits I’ll try and get more information on here about the process. Maybe I can do another one and take pictures as it takes place, unfortantly I did’t get any of this one as it was done. Thanks

-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)

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mot

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posted 310 days ago

Wow, Les! I had to look at that one long and hard. Great carving.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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DocK16

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posted 310 days ago

Yeah Ya got me too, I’m thinking move the napkin so I can see the table project. Tell me again that’s a piece of wood.

-- DocK, WV

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MsDebbieP

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posted 309 days ago

well done indeed.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Billp

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posted 309 days ago

Thats really cool. You had me fooled also.

-- Billp

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Tomcat1066

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posted 309 days ago

That’s not cloth! Holy $#@!

-- "Give me your poor tools, your tired steel, your huddled masses of rust." Yep, I ripped off the Statue of Liberty. That's how I roll!

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shiney5757

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posted 308 days ago

thats cool

-- I cut it twice & it was still too short

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SPalm

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posted 305 days ago

I had missed this the first time around.

Les, that is amazing. I am truly humbled. You got skills.

Please share some more of how ya did it sometime,
Steve

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

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