Round tew on the big Yew

Nice piece youve got there Will, can you guys see now why I call him Gepetto

Peter

Cheers Will, the good news is, I have 1-6 and a similar 7, bad news is, I'm a long way off turning out that sort of work!!
That's going to be a really nice tree mate.

Ian Young wrote:Cheers Will, the good news is, I have 1-6 and a similar 7, bad news is, I'm a long way off turning out that sort of work!!
That's going to be a really nice tree mate.

Practice, practice, practice. I found it useful to study and photograph trees deadwood on full sized trees. Build up an album to refer to.

landerloos wrote:Nice piece youve got there Will, can you guys see now why I call him Gepetto

Peter

Peter...it takes a Pinocchio to know a Gepetto

Will! Everything said...wonderfull material...and allready such a long journey.

Ian! Patience must be, for something baddeley will happen

will baddeley wrote:

Ian Young wrote:Cheers Will, the good news is, I have 1-6 and a similar 7, bad news is, I'm a long way off turning out that sort of work!!
That's going to be a really nice tree mate.

Practice, practice, practice. I found it useful to study and photograph trees deadwood on full sized trees. Build up an album to refer to.

One of the resons I bought my new camera.

Pinochio! Loke, unleash the psychopath in me are you???
Hehe are you coming to the danish convention Loke?

Peter

Sorry Will

Don't mean to highjack your post....But it just happens when Peter is around...It won't happen again

Yes Peter, I am going to the convention ;-) See you there, soon...[BTW:] I don't think the Psychopath Pinnochio has yet been unleished...your nose is too short.

will baddeley wrote:

Ian Young wrote:Cheers Will, the good news is, I have 1-6 and a similar 7, bad news is, I'm a long way off turning out that sort of work!!
That's going to be a really nice tree mate.

Practice, practice, practice. I found it useful to study and photograph trees deadwood on full sized trees. Build up an album to refer to.

I don't think many people appreciate the amount of hours required to produce this level of refinement. You really have to set a few days aside to get it done right for each tree. Funny you should mention an album, I have a folder on the computer with deadwood photos. Your Elm and now Yew are in it along with work by Kevin Willson, Marc Noealanders, Graham Potter and a few others.

Happy carving


DSC_0264 by Bonsai eejit, on Flickr

WOOOAAHH . Is that a Mole I see in the left Makita? A truly awesome and random carving tool, that takes you were it wants to go.

Ian Young wrote:
DSC_0264 by Bonsai eejit, on Flickr

will baddeley wrote:WOOOAAHH . Is that a Mole I see in the left Makita? A truly awesome and random carving tool, that takes you were it wants to go.

Jeez, it's like ruddy Thunderbirds!!! How FAB.


Bring me another bit for my makita, Parker, this one is too passé.

Tool envy Fiona?

will baddeley wrote:WOOOAAHH . Is that a Mole I see in the left Makita? A truly awesome and random carving tool, that takes you were it wants to go.

Just got it Will, and only had the one run out with it. It reaches all those awkward spots with ease, but it's a touchy bu@@£r!! Firm grip required

Should you let Will "The Hood" Baddeley near your trees?

Finished work early so got my tool out and had another fiddle. The side walls were thinned and refined and some more holes were added, so that it looks like an old lowland tree. I'm more or less happy with the front now and it looks pretty much like the right side. A few more pictures to look at. Left and back to go and I have all day tomorrow.

wow will. great job

best wishes, sam

Thankyou Sam and everyone for the kind comments. It's a big day tomorrow as I'm going to attempt to close the gap in the deadwood. I'm going to try and bend the left side in to the right, creating better movement and taper. If you don't hear from me tomorrow, you know it has all gone disasterously wrong.

Don't you UK folks refer to that as "things going terribly pear-shaped"?? LOL

fiona wrote:Should you let Will "The Hood" Baddeley near your trees?

What the....
Your card is marked now Fi. I'm a patient man.

will baddeley wrote:

fiona wrote:Should you let Will "The Hood" Baddeley near your trees?

What the....
Your card is marked now Fi. I'm a patient man.

Will, you know where to find a psycho

Peter