Wood and Stone Carvings
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Water rushing relentlessly down the mountainside at Glacier National Park, carving it's path through rock over time.
Wood carving is one of the world oldest crafts that involves the chiselling away of wood to create the desired figure by the carver. This is with a finished design and amazed by the details involved in it.
I floated my carvings of a Northern Pintail pair in Hawrelak Park here in Edmonton today.
I added weighted keels to their hulls below the water line to keep them upright and level while they floated. I attached lines to the keels, anchored the lines to the shore edge, and pushed them out from the shore to get some shots.
I also posted individual shots of the hen and drake in the water.
My Pintail drake carving floating in Hawrelak Park lake. I added a weighted keel to this carving, tethered it to the shore, and let it float away a bit. I also posted a shot of the floating hen and the male and female together.
Not a real Lapwing - just me fooling around with my carving. I just finished this one and thought I would like to photograph it in the great setting where I have been capturing shore birds lately.
The real Northern Lapwing breeds in Eurosiberia and winters in Africa and Asia. It has a lot of interesting colour on the wings and back. It has a body length of up to 13 inches and a wing span of up to 34 inches.
My carving is less than half size.
The body is carved from Tupelo wood. The inserted crest feathers are made from thin strips of Alder which were steamed and bent
The legs and toes are made from brass rods which were cut and soldered together to form the tarsus and toes.
It was a fun project.
The base is a piece of unpolished soapstone to which the bird is permanently attached. I placed it amid the other rocks by the shoreline for the photo shoot.
A carving on the Newfoundland Heritage Tree of Shanawdithit, last living Beothuk Indian who died in 1829.
The wonderful carving on the doors of St. Mary and St. Nicholas Church, Wilton. I liked how the sun was on the wood.
Easily one of my favorite places along the Oregon Coast. These sandstone formations fascinate people from quite literally around the world. Carved by wind and water over eons of time, and striped in colorful bands. My wife and I have spent many hours enjoying them on our three month-long trips along the Oregon Coast.
Some of the intricate walrus tooth carvings that we saw during out lunch stop in Anchorage.
I am still having trouble using my hands and typing is still painful. Some days I notice a slight improvement and think things might be improving, but then I have a couple of bad days. I have to see the Rheumatologist on the 19th March and I am hoping there will be some improvement by then.
The Avenue of the Giants carves through the Coast Redwood forest of Northern California's Humboldt Redwoods State Park.
This is a close-up photo of a heart shape that someone carved into the bark of a birch tree. The dozens of slashes crossing out the carved heart would seem to tell a passionate tale of romantic heartbreak.
I posted another photo of this heart carving three weeks ago. I noticed there is a capital 'I' above it, and a pattern in the bark that could be seen as a pareidolia portrait in profile.
“Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.” ~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Winter along the rim of Bryce Canyon....the views are awe inspiring to say the least, allowing one to see for miles and miles on a clear day. Have a great Sunday; I appreciate all your visits and comments!!!! Snow is moving in to our area and looks like we are in for several inches...,what happened to spring????
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Wood carving is such an amazing skill and very underrated;
once you cut it, it's hard to go back.
(Jonathan Anderson)
Weekly Theme Challenge - Wood
Smile on Saturday! :-) - Carved Artpieces
(photo by Freya, carving by her husband)
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One of the carvings seen in St John the Baptist Church in Tideswell done by a Mr Tooley from Bury St Edmunds.
This is a new sculpture carved out of fallen tree in Kilmun Arboretum. Whilst the carving is not credited it is likely to have been done be a local artist Andy Maclachlan renowned for his chainsaw carvings. Andy's Facebook can be seen here:.
Macro Mondays - Souvenir
This is a section of a small Chinese cork carving, that's sealed in-between two pieces of glass, surrounded by black lacquered wood, on a black lacquer stand, brought back from a trip to China many years ago.
With the opportunity to visit great locations somewhat limited, I decided to look back at some images captured during the year when we could venture out. This image is another from Blaen Y Glyn Uchaf in the Brecon Beacons National Park - one of my favourite locations for its abundance of beautiful falls and cascades - showing one of the two rivers that run down the mountain in this area. I liked the scene overall, but was struck by the unusual shape of the tree branch. Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 16-35mm f4L IS USM - ISO100/f11/0.6sec