Post #439523 by Clarita on Thu, Mar 12, 2009 1:36 PM

laojia Thank you very much, It's amazing want Chinese bamboo carvers can do!

little lost tiki Thanks! I don't think the meaning of what I'm doing around here, or why I do what I do, was coming across very well with what I did so far using wax (people think I like candles and I only choose wax because of what it lets you do on the designing level), that's why I want to carve originals and learn from noble materials like wood. Because the finished piece will show much better what I'm about. And ultimately I'm here to connect with people that get's what I'm trying to do and what kind of person i'm trying to be. So little by little I hope I'll get there :)

surfintiki I'm going to finish the other one I've started, but as you suspect OTHER woods are calling me, for sure! Bamboo is to limited, you can't get much volume out of it, an less you are Chinese :)

Bowana Thanks! no the red color is because I took the picture with sun, these are very old drums so the bamboo is very dry and it was like "burned"(I don't know how to say it right), so it has brow areas and more caramel ones and some a little redish, it looks more like the pic with the tools.
I discovered that if you peal off very thin slices, you find different color in the first layers of the outside of the bamboo, so I being playing with that, on the nose, mouth and drum, and then i leave some parts untouched, that look more brilliant. I think it adds a lot to the harmony of the guy...

Lake Surfer Thank you very much! means a lot to me.

seeksurf Thanks ! You think , you think? :)

big daddy Gracias! it's great to calm down crazy minds like mine own :)

Back to fighting the second guy, I'll try to do something different with this one... we'll see...