Tame and wild side one deadwod

will baddeley wrote:Wonderful deadwood creation Mario!!! Very natural. Love pictures 9 to 11. Which is your prefered front? How much foliage have you got to play with

fiona wrote:Just had a great conversation with Mario who was worried (unnecessarily) about his English. The use of the words "tame" and "wild" is deliberate to show the transformation of the deadwood. The house pet dog versus the wolf.

Hey, a bonsai metaphor - I love it. Especially as it also has an irony in that I see the "tame" side being before the carving and the "wild" as the after. He hasn't tamed the tree - he has made restored it to the wild. Brilliant!

Great work, Mario.

gman wrote:After the initial Lime Sulfur application has dried, then a little soot and or Indian ink mixture is applied, then wiped off, let dry and then LS is applied to the raised areas as highlights? or something like that?
G

Rob Kempinski wrote:

gman wrote:After the initial Lime Sulfur application has dried, then a little soot and or Indian ink mixture is applied, then wiped off, let dry and then LS is applied to the raised areas as highlights? or something like that?
G

We all have our techniques. I actually add acrylic paint to mine. I was inquiring about Mario;s as the results look very good immediately after carving.

Rob Kempinski wrote:Mario nice work. Your carving is great but so is your coloration technique. Not to long along there was a discussion about how to reproduce the old silvery - white color of ancient deadwood., You have definitely achieved that. Care to tell us your technique?

Harleyrider wrote:Excellent work, Mario!

Pics 9, 10 & 11 remind me of a Hydra or Cerberus, the 3-headed dog of Greek mythology (or Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone, if you're that way inclined!)

Either way, I think you should be careful of putting your hands too close to this tree from now on, just in case!