Marcus Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Hello artists! Here is a brief description of myself: I'm 38 years old german carpenter who carves since nearly 4 years now. My 'wood' is the stone of the avocado. When it's peeled it becomes wooden. Some become leather-like some others more like wet pressed paper that dried or some are nearly like glass. I guess it belongs to how long I wait until I peel them, but it seems to be also inside of them before, like a character:-) The wonderful thing is that it has no growing direction, it's a homogeneous, very fine structure. My interests are many, but mostly I do animals, faces, celtic knotwork and symbols of all cultures. Because of it's half-egg form, the stones are predestined to become pendants. Mostly I do reliefs , but my personal masterpiece since now is a fully figured lizard you can see below. But it's not half as detailed as netsuke pieces, a word I heard the first time yesterday. Now I know what is possible, but I think I have to use more tools than just my skew chisel for that. A big thanks goes to Tom Sterling whose great book I downloaded. I enjoyed your philosophical 'rant', brother :-) Now I go outside, finding a boxtree...can't believe that...devil's work that details! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsterling Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Welcome to The Carving Path, Marcus. Thanks for the kind words about the book - I hope it helps. I enjoyed your carvings - I think I like the "Venus" of Willendorf the best. Keep on carving! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ruslander Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Like so many times before, on this site....I learned something new today. Thanks, Marcus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil White Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Welcome to the forum, Marcus! Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seansiem Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 to think I've been throwing out avacaodo hearts all this time... great sculpts man - lots of character. One question - (generally!) do you dry the avacado heart out, or just take it out and start carving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Posted December 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 hi seansiem I peel them and let them dry some days. If I have to cut away a lot I do this roughly when it's fresh. Then you have to be careful not to cut too deep. If they dry unpeeled they are getting black and very hard, but I never carved them like this. merry chistmas to all! Marcus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Barnhill Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 Welcome. Like you, I have learned many things from this site. Lots of good people here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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