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Just got back from 3 weeks in Maine carving this chunk of apple wood in my Old Man's studio RIP with his tools.Now I'm bi-coastal!Related content
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great piece! very well done! how did you finish the surface? I know apple only with a much fainter grain. wonderful shape as well!
Stay well!
Michael
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Thank you Michael,
I used Johnson's paste wax only.
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Great result!
Stay well!
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Great looking! you do great stuff with wood apart from your usual metal pieces!
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Carving wood has an intimacy and sensuality that is absent with metal.It is a dialogue with a once living entity.One cannot simple impress ones will upon the material as with metal.Wood must be wooed.You may have a form in mind but the material will tell you if it wants to manifest your form,or not.The resistance of hardwood forces a slowing,and a much more gradual pacing to reveal the form.Ultimately this teaches patience and a redirecting of attention to the process instead of the outcome...
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Wow you truly transmit the experience! you would be hell of a teacher (although I bet you already teach hehe)
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I taught at U.C.Berkeley for 6 years in my capacity as Sculpture Technician (a staff position).
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I can see that 
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Thank you Arrik!
You're not in western Massachusetts are you?
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Only to a Bostonian.. my place is due south of Worcester.
It was my pleasure, you did that wood justice!
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I asked only because my awesome cousins (identical twins) teach ART at Pioneer Valley Performing Arts...Near chesterfield.
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Twins teaching at the same place!? Wow!
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Not just any twins...
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Beautiful piece!
Sure sometimes it pleases you to change medium!
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That is a beautifully crafted piece of art! I can see you spent some time sanding the end grain or
it would not have stained as well as it did.
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Zounds! That is awesome! And, bi-coastal! How cool is that?
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Beautiful! It reminds me personaly of ram horns, in a odd way. Either way, wonderful work!
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That's just an excuse people use, to hide the fact that they're homo-coastal!!
Oh, wait.
Wrong venue.
..er, Hey! Great Piece, Dude!!
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I'm on a roll.
There's a whole lifetime of seasoned logs in my old mans studio to carve on in Maine.Every time I visit I plan to chew up another one...The act itself is so sensual,so Zen,it really calms me down and gets me re-tuned to the Universe...
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Next time you head out that way, you might consider swinging through Mass and stopping off to see this dude >>> [link] <<<
Betting you two would have a lot to talk about.
In the meantime, I'm looking forward [with your more or less eager anticipation] to seeing what you come up with next.
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Making contact with Arrik as we speak...
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Wow, great carving. I really like how the grain pattern and the shape of the carving complement each other.
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Apple is such an interesting color and grain.
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Beautiful curly shape with the most gorgeous wood patterns...It also looks very sensuous!..Lovely work!
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My pleasure!...Beautiful work!!
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Fantastic work!!!! Metalworking on the West Coast and Woodworking on the East Coast!!!! Sounds like fun!!!
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Actually the plan is to have both studios fit for either metal or wood.I just rebuilt my old mans dipstick 160 in Maine and next time I visit the Thermalarc Pak 5 plasma cutter gets refit.
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Interesting shape, looks great in combinaton with the texture of the wood..
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The varied grain of this apple log really popped when I buffed out the wax.Overall it's a pretty nice wood to carve.
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Applewood is a wonderful material, I love the color and vibration. Interesting combination indeed with this shape!
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Fantastic wood carving. Interesting to see a shape in wood that's so common with forged metal
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Carving is so sensuous,you get in a kind of Zen state and just want it to go on forever...
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