"Bryan" wrote in message
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Hello everyone, I'm new on here and here's my first post, a Solomon
Islands carving.

This one is more of a contemporary carving rather than a traditional one,
but if you
look into
the history of culture in the Solomons, the ocean and it's various
inhabitants always
feature strongly....

It is relief etched and chiseled from a single piece of timber, and is
completely
hollow in the middle.
The photos were taken on a cheap digi camera, but I'll snap some on my SLR
if there's
enough people on here
that want to see more...you can't really see the details in these photos,
but the
complex texturing on the squid, manta, shark, sea-horse and various fish
is really
really beautiful in my opinion...

Anyways hope you enjoy and let me know if you would like to see some more.

Bryan.


WOW!

Not only is that a great carving, I can't help but wonder how the "hollow"
got in there. Did you start with a hollow log? Or did you carve out the
middle while carving the outside?