My third carving undertaking was a steep studying curve. I discovered a sample on the internet and imagined I would give it a go. It was not prolonged into it that I realised I required much more applications, really smaller kinds. I purchased some micro carving chisels together with just one with a 1.5mm reducing… Continue reading Celtic Flower Thing
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Carved Font Cover
Two cherubs, carved in limewood by the learn woodworker Grinling Gibbons in 1682. The font was carved by hand from Gibraltar limestone by a Sicilian prisoner-of-war named Tulipani, and is a memorial to the tunnellers of the Royal Engineers. It stands in the Baptistry of the church, which was rebuilt just after the war by… Continue reading Carved Font Cover