threesome

[drhandrich]

inspired by one i saw at a carving show... this is the shallowist relief carve i have done, a scant 1/16" deep.
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[JJF]

Great work

[drhandrich]

usually i plunge 3/4 inch , up to nearly 2 inch. this on was way out of my normal style.

[Arthur C.]

that board is a storebought basswood , dried and planed , bark on. an inch board with a 1/16 carve, hmmm, i have a sheet of 1/8 " yellow heart, i should do a relief carve on that?
thanks for the encouraging comments .

An eighth inch sheet could have serious warping issues unless you mount it in a thicker backing. Sixteenth inch carving depth is pretty constraining; if you do want to do that I'd be very particular in choosing a subject that doesn't require ANY illusion of depth...1'8" doesn't give you anything much to work with beyond outlines.

[drhandrich]

that board is a storebought basswood , dried and planed , bark on. an inch board with a 1/16 carve, hmmm, i have a sheet of 1/8 " yellow heart, i should do a relief carve on that?
thanks for the encouraging comments .

[Arthur C.]

Nice work, Denny. Very shallow bas relief is hard to do well.

[joepaulbutler]

Like the slab for your fine relief

[Claude]

Great work, Denny!

Claude

[Brian T]

I like that. I see a live-edge slab, which wood species is that?

[Tinwood]

I like that Denny, nicely done.

Tinwood

[drhandrich]

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