[Woodcarver] Woodcarver Digest, Vol 1811, Issue 3

[Corey Hallagan]

Terry, where can I see the chess set at?  Must of missed it.

Corey

On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Donna Menke <donpbk at yahoo.com> wrote:


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> > From: Terry Zobl <tzobl at email.com>

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> > Donna Thanks for noticing

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> > 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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