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Chinese Dragon

Project by Bob Collins posted 562 days ago 399 views 2 times favorited 24 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Dragons along with Tigers are my favourites for carving. This project is a combination of Scroll Sawing,
Carving and Pyrography and applying the finishing varnish. This was one on a slab of pine 3 foot x 1 foot.
Have added Photo of head and tail to show the amount of burning involved.

-- Bob C, Australia. There are two theories to arguing with a woman and neither of them work.


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Scott Bryan

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posted 562 days ago

Bob,

This is an interesting piece. I simply cannot imagine the effort that it would take to produce something like this.
This is truly a work of art.

Thanks for the post.

-- 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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Lip

149 posts in 928 days


posted 562 days ago

I’m just curious … was your scroll saw hungry for more wood about an hour after you finished? lol

That’s an amazing piece … thanks for sharing!

-- Lip's Dysfuncational Firewood Farm, South Bend, IN

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ND2ELK

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posted 562 days ago

Equisite design and detail. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

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jjohn

391 posts in 592 days


posted 562 days ago

Beautifully done. Quite an artist. I can’t imagine the time and effort it must have taken to do this. Great work of art. Thanks for sharing.

-- JJohn

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MsDebbieP

14096 posts in 1039 days


posted 562 days ago

extraordinary!! and the multi-crafts wow.
VERY VERY impressive – and gorgeous.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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John Gray

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posted 562 days ago

I love dragons! Thanks for the post!!!!

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

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Dadoo

1724 posts in 869 days


posted 562 days ago

.......................What she said! Wow!

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

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CharlieM1958

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posted 562 days ago

Great piece!

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

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GaryK

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posted 562 days ago

That is one great piece of work! I love dragons.

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

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SPHinTampa

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posted 562 days ago

Amazing level of detail.

-- Shawn, I ask in order to learn

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flink

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posted 562 days ago

That is the coolest piece of woodworking art that I’ve ever seen. I admire your talent and the patience you have to do such fine detail work. Bob, you rock. Great stuff. I hope you’ll post more examples.

-- Made lots of sawdust and pounded some nails. Haven't finished anything, though.

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BertJ

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posted 562 days ago

Wow! This is such an extraordinary piece of wood art—it almost leaves me breathless! Incredible talent, and I really appreciate your sharing it with us.

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Bob Collins

191 posts in 562 days


posted 562 days ago

Thanks to everyone for the great comments and encouragement. To know that others appreciate your work makes everything worth while. After browsing this great site and seeing the brilliant wood working projects posted by others I really had second thought of posting the dragon. So glad I did.

To Lip. Hey, at times I had wished the scroll saw had eaten the lot more of the wood. I have fed it since and working on a couple more projects.

-- Bob C, Australia. There are two theories to arguing with a woman and neither of them work.

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SteveKorz

2030 posts in 593 days


posted 562 days ago

WOW!!... that’s pretty incredible…

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

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jjohn

391 posts in 592 days


posted 562 days ago

Wow! Great piece your showing off. Love it. Also, Glad to have you here, and have joined are not so little group.

-- JJohn

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WayneC

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posted 508 days ago

This popped up on shuffle today. Missed it the first time. I would have to say this is one of my favorite items on the site. Thanks for sharing.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

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Greg Wurst

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posted 507 days ago

That took a lot of work! Exquisite detail. Always been a big fan of dragons myself.

-- You're a unique and special person, just like everyone else.

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Bob Collins

191 posts in 562 days


posted 507 days ago

Thanks to the above for your comments and the encouragement it gives.

Bob C.

-- Bob C, Australia. There are two theories to arguing with a woman and neither of them work.

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DAN

6402 posts in 862 days


posted 318 days ago

somehow missed this one. must of been in the shop >grin<

this is some of the nicest carving I’ve seen for a while.

welcome tolj’s

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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Bob Collins

191 posts in 562 days


posted 317 days ago

Thanks for the comment Dan. Where else would a wood worker be but in the shop.

-- Bob C, Australia. There are two theories to arguing with a woman and neither of them work.

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Dick, & Barb Cain

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posted 173 days ago

Very nice Bob, I’m sorry I missed this earlier.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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a1Jim

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posted 173 days ago

Another wonderful carving well done

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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SCOTSMAN

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posted 173 days ago

My wife is jealous she is Welsh and from needless to say (Wales) their emblem is a red dragon I did one for her out of intarsia she likes yours too very much as I do much so anyway it’s a beauty well done.Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

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Bob Collins

191 posts in 562 days


posted 173 days ago

Thanks for the great comments. This was a enjoyable project. Recently put it on a red background and framed. See later project. Happy birthday Alistair.

-- Bob C, Australia. There are two theories to arguing with a woman and neither of them work.

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