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Old 09-13-2008, 04:32 PM
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Default First bottle stopper
I'm starting to feel more confident with the knife so thought it was time to undertake a bottle stopper. Hopefully the style looks familar (if not them I've wasted my money on Pete Leclairs books........NOT ) Actually I would recommend Mr. Leclairs books to anyone wanting to get started doing caricatures, I've picked up a couple of books by others and although they are helpful I think Leclair's are by far the best ( IMHO).
This character (I'm calling him Larry for reasons that I don't want to get into here ) is carved from basswood and painted with acryllics, finished with a water based varnish.
I'm finding that carving is very satisfying in many ways and you can really find out just who your friends are;.................for example when I finished this carving and needed a cork, a friend offered to drink a bottle of wine just so that I could have the cork,.............now that's what I call a friend

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Old 09-13-2008, 04:55 PM
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I like him. You have done a good job.
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Old 09-13-2008, 06:53 PM
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I like this guy! Excellent job, but you need more wine if you're going to carve more bottle toppers...need any help draining them?

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Old 09-13-2008, 07:34 PM
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nice job, i need to make one of those
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Old 09-13-2008, 09:18 PM
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Nice job, I could definitely see the Le Claire influence.

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Old 09-13-2008, 09:44 PM
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...a friend offered to drink a bottle of wine just so that I could have the cork...
Wayne:
A "friend" is one who is willing to drink a bottle of wine and give you the cork, if you pay for the wine; a "Friend" is one who will buy his own bottle of wine, after checking with you to make sure it has the proper cork for you...

Nice looking bottlestopper!

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Old 09-13-2008, 09:59 PM
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Looks a lot like my avatar only better. Great job!
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soggy,


good work on the bottlestopper,


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Old 09-13-2008, 10:46 PM
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Hey he was my first one too! They could be brothers, I can't remember who I gave him to. Today I was working on a Patron bottle stopper for my little brother. Have to carve the hat for him, I'm trying Lynn's technique for carving hats.
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Hi Wayne,

great job for a first. Your money wasn't wasted.
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