Wood Sculptures by J.S.G. - Tiki Carving

J J.S.G. Member an island in washington Joined: Apr 10, 2006 Posts: 39	J J.S.G. Posted posted on Tue, May 2, 2006 8:00 PM On 2006-05-01 20:19, Jungle Trader wrote: good stuff. You coming to the Tiki Kon NW Crawl? I wish. I'll be in California then. Maybe next year! On 2006-05-02 11:48, surfintiki wrote: I'm still trying to figure how you got such a square hunk of wood for the Van Gogh!! I slabbed up a cedar log then joined them together on a plywood backing. I added the tree / bush. So it's 3 pieces of wood. The crack is where the wood shrunk apart (it was still green when I laminated it together) No problem, I'll just take a slice of wood to repair it, then carve the grain again, to hide the seam. On 2006-05-02 12:28, Loki wrote: If I'm not mistaken, you wrote a book called Art of Chainsaw Carving documenting chainsaw carving pioneers? Yep, what a project! [ Edited by: J.S.G. 2006-05-02 20:03 ]

On 2006-05-01 20:19, Jungle Trader wrote:
good stuff. You coming to the Tiki Kon NW Crawl?

I wish. I'll be in California then. Maybe next year!

On 2006-05-02 11:48, surfintiki wrote:
I'm still trying to figure how you got such a square hunk of wood for the Van Gogh!!

I slabbed up a cedar log then joined them together on a plywood backing. I added the tree / bush. So it's 3 pieces of wood. The crack is where the wood shrunk apart (it was still green when I laminated it together) No problem, I'll just take a slice of wood to repair it, then carve the grain again, to hide the seam.

On 2006-05-02 12:28, Loki wrote:
If I'm not mistaken, you wrote a book called Art of Chainsaw Carving documenting chainsaw carving pioneers?

Yep, what a project!

[ Edited by: J.S.G. 2006-05-02 20:03 ]

Post #230136 by J.S.G. on Tue, May 2, 2006 8:00 PM