[Creekside_Carver]

I have been "lurking" on this board for a while now absorbing a huge amount of information and learning many new techniques and thought it was about time I joined the fun!!

Most of my carvings to date have been for myself, just for fun and to develop some basic carving skills. A co-worker of mine was getting married and asked if I could carve a Unity candel holder for her, I reluctantly agreed and told her to find an alternative source in case I did not get it finished in time.

To make a long story short I finished on time, and the rewards of doing a project for someone else were great. The designing of the project, the look on her face when I gave her the completed candle holder and the compliments from the other wedding attendees made all of the stress that I went through well worth it.

The wood is spanish cedar that I got from the scrap bin at my local hardwood supplier (left over from a deck) and finished with 3 coats of poly.

Curtis

[kcwaterguy]

Curtis,

WOW from me too. That is a beautiful piece of work. Your creative juices were flowing and so are the lines and design!!! They are one lucky couple... GREAT JOB.

Sean

[Micky]

WOW--What a unique and beautiful project. Your co-worker was very lucky with this gift.

micky

[squbrigg]

Well done, that's a beautiful piece of work. Feels great, doesn't it, when you can tap into skills that you didn't know you had or how much others appreciate them. Great job.

Bob

[masker001]

I,m in agreement with the others.Absolutely beautiful.Well done.
Mark

[Coffeeman]

Curtis.....FANTASTIC PIECE........nice to have you on board, great job on the carving and design. Bill

[love2carve2]

Curtis,
Very nice design and carving. Nice choice of wood. That is one lucky couple. Welcome aboard, glad you came out of lurking.
Mary

[Eleanor]

That's a very handsome piece, what is the symbolism of the design?