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Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: Jodocus on December 18, 2016, 01:39:21 pm

Title: Little wooden mask I whittled this weekend
Post by: Jodocus on December 18, 2016, 01:39:21 pm
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.
Title: Re: Little wooden mask I whittled this weekend
Post by: Ruddy Darter on December 18, 2016, 02:32:05 pm
That looks ace!,  I do like that.  8),  the steel wool/vinegar worked well on the lime,  good to know.

 R.D.
Title: Re: Little wooden mask I whittled this weekend
Post by: stuckinthemud on December 18, 2016, 06:34:41 pm
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.
Title: Re: Little wooden mask I whittled this weekend
Post by: Zuma on December 18, 2016, 07:06:41 pm
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
Title: Re: Little wooden mask I whittled this weekend
Post by: selfbow joe on December 18, 2016, 09:28:26 pm
That looks very cool!
Title: Re: Little wooden mask I whittled this weekend
Post by: bjrogg on December 18, 2016, 10:13:41 pm
Really awesome mask.👍👍
Bjrogg
Title: Re: Little wooden mask I whittled this weekend
Post by: Redhand on December 18, 2016, 11:16:24 pm
Cool carving. Nice work.
Title: Re: Little wooden mask I whittled this weekend
Post by: Jodocus on December 19, 2016, 12:59:09 am
Thanks guys,

I tried the iron acetate on all kinds of wood. Some go blackish, some brown, hazel turns into a ugly grey. lime is pretty nice. oak and alder go deep black immediately.
Zuma, I live in switzerland :D
Title: Re: Little wooden mask I whittled this weekend
Post by: Jodocus on December 19, 2016, 01:01:15 am
hehe, I had a look at Carla, and you're right!
Title: Re: Little wooden mask I whittled this weekend
Post by: Ruddy Darter on December 19, 2016, 02:52:18 am
Quote from: Jodocus on December 19, 2016, 12:59:09 am
Thanks guys,

I tried the iron acetate on all kinds of wood. Some go blackish, some brown, hazel turns into a ugly grey. lime is pretty nice. oak and alder go deep black immediately.
Zuma, I live in switzerland :D
I tried it on some seasoned Holly and it went a blotchy green,  could make an interesting effect,  maybe bad teeth for a mask.  :D
 R.D.
Title: Re: Little wooden mask I whittled this weekend
Post by: Pappy on December 19, 2016, 09:18:07 am
Looks kind of like a guy I work with, not calling any names, ??? ;) seriously , very nice work. ;) :)
 Pappy
Title: Re: Little wooden mask I whittled this weekend
Post by: bjrogg on December 19, 2016, 12:37:34 pm
Some days it's what my mirror looks like in the morning.lol
Bjrogg
Title: Re: Little wooden mask I whittled this weekend
Post by: ---GUTSHOT---> on December 19, 2016, 06:52:10 pm
nice work
Title: Re: Little wooden mask I whittled this weekend
Post by: Zuma on December 19, 2016, 11:46:15 pm
Quote from: Jodocus on December 19, 2016, 01:01:15 am
hehe, I had a look at Carla, and you're right!

I'm sorry but she just popped into my head when I saw her
err the mask >:D
I went with a Swiss Miss for a while a couple years ago.
She spent a lot of her life in Hiedleberg Germany.
Zuma
Title: Re: Little wooden mask I whittled this weekend
Post by: swamp monkey on December 20, 2016, 10:20:18 am
I like it!
Title: Re: Little wooden mask I whittled this weekend
Post by: bowtarist on January 03, 2017, 10:18:42 am
That's really cool. Thanks for the idea. How big is that mask?