giacomo
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ciao a tutti,
This is my last woodcarving work (the big thing in the shirt on the right is non mine!)
Those are the remaining pieces of a XVI century carved and gilded frame. Despite of first impression under the rotten chalk the wood looks still good.
Is’nt so ?
Ok, first I had to copy the moulding. If you’re interested in how to make a moulding by hand this link is for you (I’ll make you learning italian one day)
http://forum.il-legno.it/viewtopic.php? ... +amanuense
Then I copied the outline of the carving and made three masks to reproduce the drawing on the moulded wood
Few steps after the marking
And the work is done. Unfortunately the poplar I used is the whorst I ever seen and carved but also the ancient carver had the same promblem and, not so bad, scratches and missing parts make the new carving a little older.
The time I spent in carving a meter of frame is about an afternoon. But I had to work two days looking for the right drawing, right gouges, right carving sequence and other things. Those two days are the « real work«. Infact the practice avoids the « sense of flatness« (how can I explain it ?) typical of some carvings. I hate it, expecially when I work on pieces that I feel to have a « soul »
Unfortunately a step by step explanation about the acanto leaves carving is too long.
Non the same for the other little carving. Let’s start !
Do you see the dots on the moulding ? Ok is the only drawing you need to start the carving. I made them with a divider along two lines on the top and the middle of the moulding. Everything you need now is to « link the dots » with the right gouges
.
Once started, changing gouge from time to time, the drawing work is completed
We need nothing else than make it free from the exceeding wood.
Finished! A XVI century frame carved an half five hundred yars ago and the other half today.
I decided to leave it without gold to avoid a definitive faking. I only linked the new and the old with some natural brown. The finish (also on the outside) will be wax on a shellack base
Thank you !
ciaooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
This is my last woodcarving work (the big thing in the shirt on the right is non mine!)
Those are the remaining pieces of a XVI century carved and gilded frame. Despite of first impression under the rotten chalk the wood looks still good.
Is’nt so ?
Ok, first I had to copy the moulding. If you’re interested in how to make a moulding by hand this link is for you (I’ll make you learning italian one day)
http://forum.il-legno.it/viewtopic.php? ... +amanuense
Then I copied the outline of the carving and made three masks to reproduce the drawing on the moulded wood
Few steps after the marking
And the work is done. Unfortunately the poplar I used is the whorst I ever seen and carved but also the ancient carver had the same promblem and, not so bad, scratches and missing parts make the new carving a little older.
The time I spent in carving a meter of frame is about an afternoon. But I had to work two days looking for the right drawing, right gouges, right carving sequence and other things. Those two days are the « real work«. Infact the practice avoids the « sense of flatness« (how can I explain it ?) typical of some carvings. I hate it, expecially when I work on pieces that I feel to have a « soul »
Unfortunately a step by step explanation about the acanto leaves carving is too long.
Non the same for the other little carving. Let’s start !
Do you see the dots on the moulding ? Ok is the only drawing you need to start the carving. I made them with a divider along two lines on the top and the middle of the moulding. Everything you need now is to « link the dots » with the right gouges
.
Once started, changing gouge from time to time, the drawing work is completed
We need nothing else than make it free from the exceeding wood.
Finished! A XVI century frame carved an half five hundred yars ago and the other half today.
I decided to leave it without gold to avoid a definitive faking. I only linked the new and the old with some natural brown. The finish (also on the outside) will be wax on a shellack base
Thank you !
ciaooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
