bird carvings (1 Viewer)

mark richards

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• Jan 17, 2008

• #1

fed up with all this rain , thought i'd put some of my carvings here, for you to look at, i've been carving on and off for the last ten years,started back recently, because work commitments let me, i use lime wood for carving , and acrylic paints,for painting them .if anyone is interested in starting bird carving ,then feel free to e.mail me , or post here, for any questions, .

 

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Keith Glasgow

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• Jan 17, 2008

• #2

Now that is talent - absolutely awesome Mark,
The detail on the feathers (photo 2) is incredible!

thanks,
Keith.

 

rozinante

Anarchism is order

• Jan 17, 2008

• #3

Hello Mark, nice work.

I used to do a lot of woodcarving. Not nowadays due to arthritis and other joint problems. Most of my work was repro stuff in oak, walnut etc and mostly abstract rather than naturalistic. This was on a commercial basis to commission so not too many birds. Very rare for me to use any colour though apart from wood stains. You can see some of my work most days on tv. I did 600 odd linen fold panels for the palace of westminster.

Due to the difficulties of carving hardwoods I had to stop but as my joint pain seems to be easier to control I have recently decided to have another go but will now do more work in lime than hardwood.

For some inspiration I have bought the book Birds of Prey, an Artists Guide by Floyd Sholz. Do you know it?

 

Marmot

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• Jan 17, 2008

• #4

Wow...

 

Twite

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• Jan 17, 2008

• #5

Beautiful work, I love the Bee-eater.

Twite.

 

timwootton

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• Jan 17, 2008

• #6

Fabulous work Mark - a very welcome new thread to which I hope you'll be adding more examples.
Terrific stuff!

 

mark richards

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• Jan 17, 2008

• #7

Floyd Scholz , is renown as being one of the best raptor carvers in the world, if you do a search on the web you will find his site ,awesome. he also has a dvd on carving the american kestrel, which is a very very good dvd , he explains it very well bit by bit.
im sorry to hear about your hands roz, mark.

 

Lisa W

I really need to get out and bird more

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• Jan 17, 2008

• #8

Wow is a good expression. Beautiful work, Mark.

 

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kittykat23uk

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• Jan 17, 2008

• #9

Wow! Love the bee-eaters especially!

 

Woody

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• Jan 17, 2008

• #10

Excellent stuff Mark. As Tim says a welcome thread to the art subforum which should add a new dimension. (Sorry, couldn't resist!)

I've always fancied having a go at carving, especially since I bought the Floyd Scholtz book a few years ago. It's just something else that I don't have time for though!

Mike

 

nickderry

C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.

• Jan 17, 2008

• #11

another wow to add to the others, I had a go at carving polystyrene since the WWT had a thing on duck carving in their magazines (parents wouldn't let me play with tools and wood). Must try and have a go again now I'm all grown up! Excellent stuff, looking forward to seeing more.

 

ARTHUR BISHOP

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• Jan 18, 2008

• #12

I just add to the others and welcome , looking forward to seeing alot more

 

mark richards

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• Jan 18, 2008

• #13

thanks, all.