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Thank you!
Board: Stamp Carving and Mounting
May 26, 2018 11:49am
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Thank you to this wonderful board for all your help over the past year as I tried to improve my carving skills. If you would like to see the fruits of my labor thanks to all the questions you answered and tutorials you have written, here is my carving progress on faces from 2017 to 2018.

I could not have done it without you.

Warrior Woman
grateful
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Reply to: #960500 by Warrior Woman
May 26, 2018 12:03pm
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Wow, that's very impressive, WW!
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Reply to: #960500 by Warrior Woman
May 26, 2018 12:26pm
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That is MUCH better than I do with faces. I have improved, but I don't carve faces that well. Keep on carving!
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Reply to: #960500 by Warrior Woman
May 26, 2018 1:33pm
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I really enjoyed that--thanks for sharing!

Whenever a teach a carving class, in addition to recent carvings, I pull out some of my first carves to share with the students. My first carves are so sad--and not at all intimidating. I think it is a nice ice-breaker.
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Reply to: #960504 by Mosaic Butterfly
May 26, 2018 1:41pm
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After 13 years of boxing I'm JUST now venturing into serious carving. WW I can only hope to be that good in a few years. Keep up the good work.
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Reply to: #960500 by Warrior Woman
May 26, 2018 2:17pm
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Yeah, those look great! Those eggs look familiar. 😉

I was looking back at some of my early carvings the other day. Embarrasing! Ha ha.
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Reply to: #960500 by Warrior Woman
May 26, 2018 7:34pm
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I love the before and after!!!
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Reply to: #960500 by Warrior Woman
May 26, 2018 10:30pm
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Those are some awesome faces!! Start to finish. Would make some cool LTCs, hint hint...
:)
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Reply to: #960500 by Warrior Woman
May 27, 2018 2:45pm
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Very impressive, WW. I've been carving about a year now and need to improve my faces. Which tutorials were most helpful?
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Reply to: #960526 by OffCourse29
May 27, 2018 3:26pm
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Kirbert has a great tutorial for knife carving (which I ended up not doing because my husband insisted I wear kevlar gloves because I am VERY clumsy), Atlas Quest's own tutorial on gouge carving is here, and Jeep Girl 66 recently published this tutorial, both of which were very helpful to me as a gouge carver.

Just keep on carving, carving, carving! The more you do it, the better you get!

Warrior Woman
knows
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Reply to: #960500 by Warrior Woman
May 27, 2018 10:30pm
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WOW! Fantastic job!! Move closer so I can find your boxes!