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Hi,

This is a small carving, overall it's about 280mm tall, the first photo shows my rose in a turned wooden vase. The rose is what I carved and the vase was turned by my late Father.

I used Lime for this one but was never really happy with the wood, I find it too open grained, soft and easy to carve but not hard enough to give a nice finish "straight from the knife". The likes of apple, cherry, box etc.. all give a really nice finish without having to use abrasives.

Overall this piece took around 10 - 12 solid hours of carving spread over a week or so. A few minutes stolen here and there.

I generally carve using a knife and a few small gouges and for me it is imperative that the tools are absolutely sharp and mirror polished when I'm carving to give the best possible finish. I hate abrasives and try to avoid using them at all costs.

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Great carving. Love it.
 

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Beautiful!!
 

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Nice! Someday I hope to carve that well.
 

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Fantastic carving. I missed this on the "Project" page because that picture only shows the center portion which looks like a cork with a stick in it-no disrespect intended, I'm just saying your photograph doesn't do your carving justice. Might I suggest a close up of the rose and leaves as your lead to grab attention! Just a thought because that is a beautiful carving and I'd hate to see LJs miss or over look it.
 

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Nice carving. All I can do is whittle with nothing left when I am finished. Haa Haa
 

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Wonderful carving! The rose looks realistic and the lovely vase suits it very well.
 
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