African sculpture plus carved Greenman pics
Conan the Librarian
Here you have a stylized sculpture of a woman carrying water done
out of so-called "Honduran Rosewood" (it looks and carves like
rosewood, anyway): http://www.swt.edu/~cv01/african.jpg I should have
gotten a side shot of this as well, as it's all about slender lines,
rather than actual representation of someone. Anyhow, it will be
decor for an African-styled room that SWMBO has started work on.
Finish is a couple of coats of Tried & True's wax/oil blend.
And a relief carving of the "greenman" of Celtic culture:
http://www.swt.edu/~cv01/greenman.jpg It's done in mahogany and left
with a textured background. No particular reason for this one; SWMBO
likes Celtic stuff, so I saw a neat design and figured I'd give it a
shot. The finish is a tinted wiping varnish (spar, turps, BLO) for
the recessed areas, followed by Tried & True's varnish oil over the
whole thing.
As usual, all work was done by hand.
Chuck Vance
Gene
They have all kinds of wood carvings. Having tried my hand at carving, I
understand the time that it takes to do even a small item. I look at the
price of this stuff and think that she probably pays half of what she's
asking to the distributor/importer. They probably pay half to the exporter
(including shipping) who gives the artist (or person running the copy
machine) next to nothing for their effort.
Nice work. If you want to go in business doing african art, I think that I
could market your stuff to this shop. Would $0.13/hr be a wage you could
live on?
Gene
"Conan the Librarian" <cv...@swt.edu> wrote in message
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Conan the Librarian
> In the mall under the bulding that I work in, there is an african art shop.
> They have all kinds of wood carvings. Having tried my hand at carving, I
> understand the time that it takes to do even a small item. I look at the
> price of this stuff and think that she probably pays half of what she's
> asking to the distributor/importer. They probably pay half to the exporter
> (including shipping) who gives the artist (or person running the copy
> machine) next to nothing for their effort.
>
> Nice work. If you want to go in business doing african art, I think that I
> could market your stuff to this shop. Would $0.13/hr be a wage you could
> live on?
It's more than I'm currently making at woodworking. :-)
Chuck Vance