Family Plate

Very nice carving!

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way - Tyler, TX

Very nice work. I can only wish I could chip carve that well. Practice and good gloves make perfect w/o bandaids.

-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford. Wood-a-holics unanimous president

Great idea & excellent carving.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Colin,

This is a wonderful project to showcase important family events. Your carving skills are excellent and I greatly admire the talent you have.

Thanks for the post.

-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine

Colin, your plate looks great! The staining you talked about doing should help the contrast and help hide the color difference, just make sure you wipe the surface off well. I hope you don’t mind a little critiquing but I would have added a little design around the edge of the plate to help the lettering not looking like it is running off of the plate. You are well on your way to being a very good chip carver. Keep practice!

-- " All Things At First Appear Difficult"

Wow, that is a nice carved plate.