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You mean you can't see them? they're clearly there! Kim
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Heres a clients dog I carved recently. Its all chainsaw and is carved out of a gorgeous bit of Beech with a bit of spalting in it. He's not sure what breed it is as he rescued it after it'd been abandoned. Kim
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Brilliant work Simon :-) Kim
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We've thought about this too, it would be fascinating to see the tree add it's bit to the artwork when it started to callous. After talking to our Arb friends we decided that if the tree was in decline and not some majestic specimen then it'd be worth considering. We would also consider it if it was fast growing commercial species in a wood. A face on an odd one or two on a trail would add more to the forest than the damage caused to some fast growing non native species with replacements all around it. Kim
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We've thought about this too, it would be fascinating to see the tree add it's bit to the artwork when it started to callous. After talking to our Arb friends we decided that if the tree was in decline and not some majestic specimen then it'd be worth considering. We would also consider it if it was fast growing commercial species in a wood. A face on an odd one or two on a trail would add more to the forest than the damage caused to some fast growing non native species with replacements all around it. Kim
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Hi Yeah the backs have already been done by Stihl so there's no buggering about. Kim
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That's cool Si, the bench sounds like a belting idea :-) Kim
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Thanks very much everybody :-) To answer the questions, Its 5ft tall and its a private commission unfortunately so will not be on view to the public Its new owner is chuffed with him and has called him George, apparently he has the physique of a Maingate Ripper?!? Kim
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Saw his stuff at YSP a while ago, some very inspiring pieces mixed in with some drabness. I suppose when you're so prolific some of it is bound not to hit the mark. An artist I admire very much. Kim
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Just this minute finished and oiled this Miner ready for delivery to Derbyshire tomorrow. The wood is beautiful although I had a few problems avoiding an occluded bark "fault" that nearly runs the length of the log. All ok now though. Its carved by chainsaw only and took around 26 hours Kim
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They didn't tell me so I didn't feel right asking. Added a bit of pressure to the whole thing but made it extra special when the families liked it :-) Kim
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Thank you, yes it was for six kids who had sadly died Kim
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Just keeping everybody on their toes :-) whoops! Kim
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Thanks :-) Kim
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Thanks :-) We teak oil everything unless we have our arm severely twisted by the client to varnish them, never really got on with the shiny look. Kim
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lovely stuff, really like the last natural bowl :-) Kim
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http://www.woodsculptorkim.co.uk/ Husband knocked it up for free through Yola and then recently decided to pay a small fee to get a unique URL Kim
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We carved this memorial to 6 kids at a Primary School in Rochdale earlier in the week. Paul from Tree Heroes had rung us the night before to see if we could squeeze it in for the official opening of the memorial garden. Although we are very busy at the moment we can always jiggle stuff about and so we said yes. Budget as well as time constraints (we only had the day to do it in) meant that we had to keep the detail very simple so we came up with this stylised daisy, butterfly, ladybird sculpture with the six children dancing around the bottom. I think the naive style worked in the context of where the sculpture was sited and who it was for. We were still hard pushed to get it done and I'm sure the neighbours loved the dulcet sound of chainsaw engines at 7.30 at night (got it done at 8pm)! The families of the children and the School were chuffed with it
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Brilliant work Kim
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Thanks you for the comments, much appreciated :-) Kim
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cool :-) Kim
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Cheers Paul Saves us trawling through all our pics for the best ones :-) Kim (and Rob)
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Love it Kim
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Rained off today so had a play with my 192
woodsculptor replied to EddieJ's topic in Chainsaw Carving Forum
Love the simple forms of both of them, great stuff :-) Kim -
My brothers a chef and we made him some posh plates out of Hornbeam which are still going strong. It's ridiculously hard stuff to work though! Steer clear of anything with too much tannin in it, like Alec said sycamores probably your best bet. Kim
