[Woodcarver] New Carving: Processional Cross

[Bill Judt]

Lynn:

Carving the text was quite straight forward. No breakage whatsoever.  
One simply needs to be aware of the direction of grain. Since the  
text is v-tooled around the perimeter, the v-tool pretty much carved  
chip-free.

Bill

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On 30-Sep-06, at 6:57 AM, Lynn Diel wrote:


> Bill

> Thank you for sharing your work.  It is awesome! You did a superb  

> job of tieing the text on the pole to the crown of thrones and  

> nails on the back to the cross of the risen Christ. Again, the  

> crown of thorns & nails is an awesome motif!

>

> Was it challenging to carve the Oak staff? I would think that it  

> would have a tendency for the text to break off

>

> Blessings!

> Lynn