[Woodcarver] Whatcha' Carvin'

[Marcia Berkall]

Well,  I have taken on my most ambitious commission yet....an 18" statue of 
the goddess Athena with a 6" base.  The base is designed as a Greek column 
and will have the lettering, "Palladium" incised within the scrolled 
area.  I'm using basswood and will bleach the finished carving, giving it, 
(hopefully) a porcelain-like look.  The finished carving will be used as a 
trophy for a college football rivalry.  I'm really excited about this 
commission, but am also pretty intimidated by it and find myself 
procrastinating (like sitting at the computer writing this post :) )  I 
enjoy the challenge of commissions, and found this one too neat to pass 
up.  I'm fairly confident that in the end I'll turn out a passable 
carving...once I get over the trepidation...and thanks to a good supply of 
coffee and TUMS :).  I'm keeping a photo log of the progress (?) on 
webshots at http://community.webshots.com/album/188351486LnTMZJ  if anyone 
wants to take a look.
In addition to that I'm carving lots of Santas, wood spirits and a 
few  other commissions.  Busy is good! :)

Marcia (aka Mush)
South China, Maine




Visit Marcia's  Whittlins 'n Wood  web site at:
http://www.pivot.net/~whitwood
http://community.webshots.com/user/cahvah





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