Finished up with the carving on this one this morning and have started adding all the details. Still have to flesh out the pipe -but once that’s done the carving should be pretty well finished. After that it’s on to the paint table and the real fun.
I made his earrings out of brass rod and the dangling bits are from pounded cooper which will be painted. The cross on his chest, which represents the four directions, is just two pieces of thin wood overlapped and glued to a 1/8″ dowel. The braids are held in place with 16 penny nails with the heads clipped off and epoxied in place…probably the strongest part of the carving. I haven’t really given much thought to the beading patterns but it won’t be long before I get the books out and do a little research. I did do a Google search for pipe bags and there are some really nice ideas there.
Comments welcome.
Found you in Tube. Really admire your work.