[Woodcarver] WHATCHACARV'N???

Mike & Patty Wilcox mllrynaz at millry.net
Tue Jan 27 13:46:14 EST 2004


Yes ditto



> Hi Reji...love your work, especially the fish-hook design pendants. John A
>
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> [mailto:woodcarver-bounces at six.pairlist.net]On Behalf Of Reji Martin
> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 2:35 PM
> To: woodcarver at six.pairlist.net
> Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] WHATCHACARV'N???
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> As usual I'm the slow s'poke' ...
>
> There sure are some busy folks in this group! And excellent work too!
>
> I am not as deep in the chips as some folks but my present projects are
> 3 fish decoys that are fast becoming a bit more than a 'smoothie with
> paint'
> as I got carried away with the euphoria of working with the wood again!
The
> fish, which still have to be finished are a Walleye and a Rainbow and a
> Brook
> Trout, will all be hand painted and then have copper fins attached.
>
> BTW the eyes are recycled from old stuffed toys found local 2nd hand
> shops for pennies. The variety of stuffed animals gives a lot of choice
> in size, colour and effects... and tearing the eyes out of the old toys is
> one heck of a stress reliever!!! :) Does a body good to rip the eyes out
> of a teddy bear. :) :)
>
> I've also been working on some bone carvings. The material is a bit harder
> than most woods and most of the carving is being done with needle files
> after a intial 'roughing in' with a Dremel. To finish the bone I've just
> polished the surface using the Dremel with a buffer tip coated with
> the Yellowstone honing compound. Afterwards you'd be hard put to tell the
> difference between the bone and ivory!
>
> These items can be viewed at the following location:
>
> http://www.isn.net/~reji/arts/carvings1.htm
>
>                      Reji Martin
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