[Woodcarver] Roll Call

[Jay Henson]

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Guess I've been lurking long enough down here in 
SC since I first joined this list. Saw the "Roll 
Call" subject line and figured food must be involved :-).

While I'm still what my father would call a tyro, 
I'm doing Swiss chip carvings for close family 
for Christmas this year. At least that may keep 
my wife from stealing the things I've been practicing on.

Thanks to Marty getting some nice basswood plates 
and boxes to me quickly, I've about finished my 
first small box with an old English monogram in 
the center. The one thing I didn't count on, and 
no one warned me about was that there are a lot 
more sides to a box than for a small plate or one 
flat coaster. Took me about 3 days get this first 
one done. I like to draw, so doing the designs is fun. Ornaments next year :-).

My next Christmas project is a box for my 
daughter who turns 18 next week. She loves 
Capybaras so I'm working a freehand silhouette of 
a Capybara as the center of her box. Just hope I 
can get it done in time.  If I can get that and a 
couple of plates done I'll be happy...and tired.

Shawn, I'd love to see a picture of your Celtic 
cross and that finish. I've been side tracked for 
a few months now learning about Celtic designs 
(got to stop buying books) and coming up with 
some designs of my own I hope to use.

Ya'll have a Merry Christmas,

Jay Henson - Anderson, SC



>Just completed a Celtic cross out of butternut 

>similar to the one featured in the GMC Carving 

>Magazine last month.  I also tried out the 

>fuming process with ammonia, only I used 

>butternut.  I was very pleased with the 

>result.  I left it exposed to the household 

>ammonia for 48 hours.  I just need to apply some 

>wax as a finish, once the odour from the ammonia 

>disappears.  It has been 1 ½ days since I 

>removed it and the odour is almost gone.

>

>Seasons Greetings to everyone from New Brunswick, Canada

>

>Shawn Cox

>

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