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Little wooden mask I whittled this weekend

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Jodocus:
from a branch of limewood (dyed with steelwool-vinegar) and a bit of  skin from a grey heath (a local moorland sheep) for the hair.

Ruddy Darter:
That looks ace!,  I do like that.  8),  the steel wool/vinegar worked well on the lime,  good to know.

 R.D.

stuckinthemud:
I didn't know about the iron oxide and vinegar finish for lime either - it turns oak a lovely deep black - wonder what other wood it reacts with. I know it reacts with the tanin, but I have no idea which timbers contain it. Its a cracking carving btw, not my style but nice work all the same I think if you did it in green oak, the same finish would ebonise it quite convincingly.

Zuma:
Lol,  :laugh: looks like Carla of the "Chew" a cooking
show here in the states.
Jodo, for some reason I always thought you were from the
Northwest USA. When I read the post I thought Baskerville UK.
(moors and all).
I am always looking for unusual ways to finish stone bone and wood.
Thanks for posting a cool piece of art. I need to do some similar.
Zuma

selfbow joe:
That looks very cool!

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