[Woodcarver] great NEW SUBJECT(chat); what was your first ,your funniest and your mostdifficult carving you made

[Merrilee Johnson]

Hi Harry!
   Good question and it will be interesting to hear from others.  My first 
carving was a walnut walking stick with flowers on a vine around it.  A 
friend got me started on it and it could be the hardest one also cause my 
tools were cheap and dull :-)!
   But the one I have had the hardest time with is a free standing relief 
cross I started a 1 1/2 years ago.  It is almost done - I just have to mount 
it and give it away!  I was asked to do this for a friend of my mother when 
she gave him a chip cross I had done.  He wanted one that was 15 to 18" tall 
and was told to do what I wanted in design.  I spent a lot of that year 
thinking about it (trying to find a design I liked but also worrying that 
they like it )- a lot!!  But now its done and I am pretty proud of it and 
will be a bit sad when it is gone.  But then again it is going on a 
childrens alter so it will have a good home!  So that's good.  To finish 
your question,the way I dealt with the difficulty was to ask lots and lots 
of people their opinion of what I was doing and how I could improve it. I 
have used that help to improve, change and alter my cross so it is very good 
now.  And now before I leave - I want to say a GREAT big THANK YOU to the 
many people that have talked with me about this project!  You have helped 
make it!
Merrilee



>1)what was your first carving you ever made?

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>2)what was the funniest carving you ever made?

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>3)what was the most difficult carving you ever made or

>what did you struggle the most with when carving, how

>did you solve it?

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>haroun from finland


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