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I have not posted in a while. In January I was scheduled to have eye surgery to repair a hole in the macula. Four days before, I fell. Don't know what happened but the bad part was falling into the woodpile. Lost a lot of skin banged up knees, elbows, shoulders and with blood thinner ~ I ended up in the ER and had to postpone the surgery. No carving!
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I had the surgery at the beginning of February. The surgeon removed the fluid in the eye, repaired the hole and inserted a gas bubble as a bandage. I was required to lay face down for 45 minutes of every hour for four days. The gas bubble eliminated sight from that eye. Depth perception was reduced to zero. No carving!
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To make matters worse, a week after surgery, I stepped backward, tripped over a box, fell into a table and ~ ended up in the ER. Cracked several vertebrae in my lower back. Luckily, my head did not hit the ceramic tile so no damage to the eye. No carving!
The gas bubble in my eye is gradually breaking up ~ I see the eye surgeon Thursday ~ may be able to carve soon ~ in the meantime I am still planning future carvings.
I generally start my carvings with a rough (I'm not good at drawing) concept on paper. If it is a complicated piece done "In-The-Round" I move on to a non-hardening clay model. I then ~ determine the size of the carving ~ select the species of wood ~ pick out the block for carving ~ outline the carving on the wood ~ and start hacking away.
This morning I drew up a rough drawing of a cougar and decided it would be best if done in deep relief. I remembered that a frien' had given me a couple of slabs of redwood burl awhile back. The cat will be perfect carved on there. No paint ~ just allow the edges of the carving to intermix with the convoluted grain of the wood.
The wood is a single block that has not been sanded smooth. I will have to sand it down to bring out the grain and get rid of the saw marks and square sides. The rough areas beyond the surface I will use for the carving will be left as they are.
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I have not posted in a while. In January I was scheduled to have eye surgery to repair a hole in the macula. Four days before, I fell. Don't know what happened but the bad part was falling into the woodpile. Lost a lot of skin banged up knees, elbows, shoulders and with blood thinner ~ I ended up in the ER and had to postpone the surgery. No carving!
IMG_9719.jpgIMG_9717 (2).JPGIMG_9722.JPGKnees 02-01.JPG
I had the surgery at the beginning of February. The surgeon removed the fluid in the eye, repaired the hole and inserted a gas bubble as a bandage. I was required to lay face down for 45 minutes of every hour for four days. The gas bubble eliminated sight from that eye. Depth perception was reduced to zero. No carving!
IMG_0749.JPG
To make matters worse, a week after surgery, I stepped backward, tripped over a box, fell into a table and ~ ended up in the ER. Cracked several vertebrae in my lower back. Luckily, my head did not hit the ceramic tile so no damage to the eye. No carving!
The gas bubble in my eye is gradually breaking up ~ I see the eye surgeon Thursday ~ may be able to carve soon ~ in the meantime I am still planning future carvings.
I generally start my carvings with a rough (I'm not good at drawing) concept on paper. If it is a complicated piece done "In-The-Round" I move on to a non-hardening clay model. I then ~ determine the size of the carving ~ select the species of wood ~ pick out the block for carving ~ outline the carving on the wood ~ and start hacking away.
This morning I drew up a rough drawing of a cougar and decided it would be best if done in deep relief. I remembered that a frien' had given me a couple of slabs of redwood burl awhile back. The cat will be perfect carved on there. No paint ~ just allow the edges of the carving to intermix with the convoluted grain of the wood.
The wood is a single block that has not been sanded smooth. I will have to sand it down to bring out the grain and get rid of the saw marks and square sides. The rough areas beyond the surface I will use for the carving will be left as they are.
Deep Relief Cat_20190414_0001.jpg
Redwood Burl.JPG
Hope both of you recover soon.
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