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More Wood, Tiger Wood
It's called Tiger Wood, or Goncalo Alves, I am working on a 32" piece of Italian Marble, making an Angel but can't work on it at home so I started this about three weeks ago. The pictures make the arms/flippers/wings look too far back but I went back and looked, they look ok in real life. I take a lot of pictures of the stone carving as I am doing it, come home and look at them, I think it helps. Maybe I should have done that with this Penguin. Just put some Linseed oil on it and buffed it out a little. I will wax it when it dries some. It's 12" tall.
   
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08-28-2012, 04:03 PM
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Mabe you need to take up gun smithing too! That wood would make a wonderful stock!
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Beautiful work Dean! Is that Tiger wood "hard stuff"...reminds me of a couple of pieces I bought down in TJ years ago...carved out of that stuff they get way out in the desert somewhere..."ironwood" or something like that. That Tiger Wood looks awesome....well done!
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Looks like a nun from the back.
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08-28-2012, 05:30 PM
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That's awesome, Dean.
Great job. 
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Looks good. BTW, could you spare a bottle of water or two?
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"Looks like a nun from the back." that's pretty funny, I think. KC911, it's a hardwood but not like Iron Wood or Ebony. |
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08-28-2012, 05:58 PM
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I used to own a car exactly like this right down to the wire wheels except it was silver. It's the only car I wish I had back. But, the wood is what reminded me.
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Yeah I'd like to have that car too.
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ok, you talked me into it, I cut both his arms/flippers/wings off and am starting over.
 
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