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"Holy Grail" is our first sculpture to pierce and what a job it was. It took a lot longer than expected to create all those holes and then reshape them. Scott earned the nickname "Holy Man" because all he did for days is drill and shape holes. But boy did this piece turn out spectacular. It stands 33" T and is 14" diameter. It was made from a nice size Mesquite log that had a little rot in it, that was filled with black epoxy and had some beautiful yellow sap wood that you can see in the picture. We originally named this piece "Pierced" but that was blaw and an artist friend saw it and said, "that is the Holy Grail". So the name was changed and it fits it much better. Nameing things isn't our strong suit, so if we can get suggestions from others and ideas in other places, we do that. I don't expect we'll have this sculpture for long. But if I had the room, I think I'd be tempted to keep it. It just blows me away evertime I look at it.

The second picture is of a vessel we made a few months ago, but we just got professional photos of it. It looks much nicer in this photo and really shows off the Clam shape Scott did. So it was named "Clam it Up". Scott was careful to leave the bark, which is very hard to do and it's a nice size at 18×12x9. I inlayed Abalone shell into the natural cracks to give it that ocean look.

To see more carved vessels and sculptures please visit our website.
www.shangrilawoodworks.com

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I would luv to see a blog on that 1st one. Wow! That is amazing!
 

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That's one fantastic work of art ,and extra fine job.
 

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amazing generic form. I love it . This is a lesson in patience . Scott for my style I would of tried a totally different base a black granite or a rusted steel base with it's contrasting solid grounding feel . Good job.
 

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Awesome work on both pieces!
 

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Beautiful craftsmanship and a great artist's eye. These are fabulous pieces.
 

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Both vessels are amazing and beautiful.
 

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I love art like this. I was nearly overwhelmed viewing your web site, a true Artisan for sure.
 

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super work BUD… the pierced piece reminds me of a coral or some other kind of unworldly creature.
 

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Both pieces are unique and beautiful! I especially like the clam shape!
 

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I think you should have named it "Holey Grail" ! (Pun intended) Regardless, an exquisite piece of art.
 

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Some pretty serious work here Scott, that is a very big piece. You must be absolutely stoked with the results.
Hats of to you
Pete
 

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I've always loved pierced turnings. Some of my favorites are by J Paul Fennell.

http://www.jpaulfennell.com/Gallery.html

It's amazing the amount of time and patients it takes to make all those piercings look random without getting into a repeating pattern.

-Dave
 

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This is totally grand..totally exquisite! lovely shape & design..it's a total winner
 

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Fantastic piece of work, really beautiful vessel. Wish I could say the same for the base. For all the work that went into the vessel, the base looks like it was just slapped on there to hold the thing up, and doesn't compliment the piece at all.
 

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Thanks all for the comments and feed back I like getting feed back good and bad I think it is is important as an artist I stuggle when it comes to things like the base because I also don't want to do something" too Grand" to take away from the peice like a solid gold bar ,Nice thing is a can change if I come up with a design or something a customer may even want.I like the suggestion of steel- ARTHOUSE ,at least you offer a sulution not just a insulting statement,I'll probably keep thinking about something different,so trust me it was't just "slapped up there".
 

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I'm sorry if my statement was considered insulting. It certainly wasn't meant that way. I didn't read the other comments because I only have a few minutes at a time to visit LumberJocks, so I didn't see arthouse's suggestion. I was just offering my unbiased perspective, meant to be a constructive criticism. If I didn't truly admire the piece, I would not have said anything.

For what it's worth, I don't think it needs a base at all. But I digress.
 
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