My first carving
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Goff
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My first carving
I won this olive at a christmas raffle at my club and carved it day before Xmas. Really happy with it so far. What do people think??
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Re: My first carving
That looks very realistic. Do you intend to use a lime sulphur treatment on it 
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Re: My first carving
Excellent trunk, excellent carve. Please grow the top long and thick, and cut it back several times, build complexity stage by stage, so that that magical trunk doesn't just disappear into little stuff. Takes longer, looks better.
The right hand branch might come off a bit flatter, if you want to be picky. No smooth round curves. Now's the time to monster it.
Very good base for a good tree down the track, to me.
Best of luck, keep posting it as it matures.
Gavin
The right hand branch might come off a bit flatter, if you want to be picky. No smooth round curves. Now's the time to monster it.
Very good base for a good tree down the track, to me.
Best of luck, keep posting it as it matures.
Gavin
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Re: My first carving
Hi Goff , have to agree with some of the other comments . Very natural looking carving , one of the hardest things to master . Top effort especially if its your first , i would have to add you definitely have a natural talent for this carving caper . 
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Re: My first carving
come on now be honest....
I think you got your hands on some termites or something and trained them to develop a big appetite and great artistic skills...
Can I borrow your mites??????
I think you got your hands on some termites or something and trained them to develop a big appetite and great artistic skills...
Can I borrow your mites??????
The only way to ensure the triumph of evil...is for good men to do nothing.
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Re: My first carving
Thanks guys!! Really love the carving side of bonsai Graham potter has really open my eyes up to starting with average stock and turning into something magic! Bodhidharma I tried some lime sulfur on another olive tree and was really unhappy with the way it turned out. It looked fake, so I'm undecided on what to do. Maybe some wood hardener like earls.
