The American's Creed

[CarverRog]

I came across The American's Creek quote and I just had to carve it. The biggest challenge was how would I present this quot. I chose to make the complex mahogany frame to grab your attention and draw you in to see just what there might be inside it's borders. After I carved the quot I wanted to add some kind of decoration and I found that complex frame added a degree a difficulty but after many design ideas I settled on what you see.

The piece is 42" x 29" made of mahogany and basswood. The mahogany frame is stained and the basswood panel was bleached and then chip carved.

[Inadv]

CarverRog,

Well done!! I hope it gets a lot of mileage. Far too many people are unaware, or don't care just what those words mean. It is sad that such a large percentage of people today have no idea of the importance our historical founding documents really say and fewer still will understand what they mean.

I applaud your work, but even more so I applaud the content.

L.P.

[AlArchie]

That is an amazing piece of work...I can't understand how letters are carved with such precision, and the frame is quite a piece of design and assembly.
And ditto what L.P. said.

Al

[Eddy-Smiles]

Well done. A magnificant piece of work!

[TreeWizard]

I love this piece, unfortunately over the last 20 years or so I get the feeling the people we have fight to defend our liberty from sometimes includes our elected officials.

[papasar]

Rog,
Absolutely beautiful, both the carving and the woodworking!
Man , don't you do anything small? What is next 8' x 4'. I often turn the wood into my knife when chip carving. You practically have to walk around the piece.
Bill K.

[PerpetuallyNewCarver]

I love the carving it is excellent

[Sean R]

Rog, That is truly amazing. Not much to say about the meaning , As posters above have said how I myself feel too. Thank you for sharing this.
Sean

[CarverRog]

Originally Posted by papasar

Rog,
Absolutely beautiful, both the carving and the woodworking!
Man , don't you do anything small? What is next 8' x 4'. I often turn the wood into my knife when chip carving. You practically have to walk around the piece.
Bill K.

Bill, I have a setup where I stand while carving which allows me to turn the piece on the table.

I found that the smaller pieces limit me on deaign ideas and they are much harder to carving the lettering.

[carver33]

Absolutely fantastic. very well done and the frame is a perfect compliment.