Sycamore

Another lousy pic. But a pretty nice piece nonetheless 9-1/2" x 3-1/2"

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Paul Zerjay

Registered: September 2007
Location: St.Louis
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Date: Mon June 1, 2009
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Keywords: sycamore

Comments

Brendan McAreavy

I like this. How long did it take to do this please? I imagine it takes an eternity and that puts me off because I tend to wander from project to project but seldom back to any one if I find it's taking me a long time to complete. It's not so much laziness or lack of patience as the impact of sitting for long periods on my health.

Edit: My wife has just seen this and she thinks it is beautiful because "it has lovely movement and a very organic look". I showed her some other pieces in a similar style and she thought they were beautiful but preferred your free-flowing look to a symmetrical style.

#1 Mon June 1, 2009 3:33pm

Rev. Doug Miller

Rev. Doug Miller

Great piece. I think I agree with Mrs. Bre. I like the randomness of the piece. One question for you though, what was the thickness of the walls before the carving started? 8-)

#2 Mon June 1, 2009 4:20pm

Paul Zerjay

Thanks guys I like it too. Brendan, it took a lot of time and lots of sanding. Rev, one of the hardest things for me to remember is to leave a piece thick enough to have room for the carving. I'm used to going for thin, now I have to make a conscious decision to leave it thick. This is about 1/4" at the top down to about 1/2" at the bottom.

#3 Mon June 1, 2009 6:12pm

Walt Nollan

Very nice piece! Great craftsmenship!

#4 Mon June 1, 2009 6:15pm

Rev. Doug Miller

Rev. Doug Miller

did you feel that was thick enough or was it a bit thin? 8-)

#5 Mon June 1, 2009 6:32pm

Mark Damron

Very cool! I could just imagine what it would look like with a darker background.

#6 Mon June 1, 2009 8:28pm

Mike Baber

another outstanding piece Paul, well done, beautiful work!

Wizzy

#7 Mon June 1, 2009 8:53pm

Bill Bolen

Excellent piece Paul....I really love the implied movement in this piece. I think I can feel the breeze on my neck...Bill...

#8 Mon June 1, 2009 9:29pm

Don Andrews

Very Very nice! You have an artists vision to see such beauty in the wood.

Don

#9 Tue June 2, 2009 4:00pm

Keith Larrett

Beautiful. It makes me think of fingers curling up to the sky. Great work.

#10 Thu June 4, 2009 1:17pm

I was wondering if you were gonna either paint it of dye it.

#11 Mon June 8, 2009 4:03am