[Woodcarver] Woodcarver Digest, Vol 1811, Issue 3

[Terry Zobl]

Donna Thanks for noticing

It was my design of the size and pose of the pieces.  The size is bigger then usual but I needed to have it bit enough to carve.  I got our experienced carvers to do the major pieces, Kings, Queens, Bishops, and Knights.  I actually got Stu Martin to carve Crazy Horse.  I carved the TeePee Rook and another member carved the Fort Block House (traditional rook).  But I wanted to have the soldier Rook echoes the TeePee so I carved the standing rifles.  We left both in the set.  I did not want the Pawns to be miniature so I designed them to scale but in a crouch.  You can see the different skill and stile of various carvers doing the Pawns but the pose keeps them coordinated.


Terry Zobl


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> 

> Terry- thanks for the link to the pictures of the 

> chess set. What a great project. Well done. Whoever 

> designed the pieces really had his/her brain in 

> gear. Most of the non-traditional chess sets are so 

> difficult to play with. It is easy to forget which 

> pieces are which. With this set there would not be 

> that problem.

> 

> Great idea-

> Donna Menke



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