Solomon Islands Woodwork
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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. |
Solomon Islands Woodwork
Bryan wrote:
Anyways hope you enjoy and let me know if you would like to see some more. MORE! -- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/ |
Solomon Islands Woodwork
"Morris Dovey" wrote in message Bryan wrote: MORE! I'd like to hear some details of what tools and methods he uses to carve the wood. Pictures of those tools and his shop would also be appreciated. |
Solomon Islands Woodwork
"Bryan" wrote in message ... 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? |
Solomon Islands Woodwork
I like the one with the hooters.
-TES On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:11:14 +1000, "Bryan" wrote: 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. |
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