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Well, my weird carved and painted vine-covered post thingy is done, except for the varnishing part…

And I even used, aside from ancient model paints I found in my art supplies, some old watercolor paints as well…

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More progress on that weird vine-covered post wood carving project…

It is coming together. I admit it was a hot mess for a while, but I have done some more painting on one side. And then I did some outlining. And when I do this to all four sides, and … Continue reading

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My newest wood-carving project is coming along…

Ha! You can barely see it because it is so natural looking! I still have a ways to go. But the colors do help. I still think it is a pretty good way to recycle an old post. I don’t … Continue reading

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If you look at these three side-by-side pictures of different angles of my latest wood-carving experiment, you could be forgiven if you find yourself wondering; “and you call yourself an artist?”

I do, and the reason that I do is that I know, somehow, that I am going to turn that hot mess into a fantastic vine-covered work of art. And, no, I don’t know how I will do that. The … Continue reading

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Looking back: A blog retrospective; Part 21- My art… part 3…

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Looking back: A blog retrospective; Part 19- My art… part 2…

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Another art project begins… part 2…

Well, I told you I would keep you posted on that post I am carving in a vine pattern, by posting posts about the post, so here is another post about the post that I am posting. This time I … Continue reading

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A love bench and a double rainbow…

So I am cleaning some photos off my cell phone. My wife just had a birthday, and I made her a little love bench. But it is also a photo stand, because I carved a slot in the seat of … Continue reading

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Micro photography, the next step after macro photography… part 1…

I have been playing with my new digital microscope that takes pictures. That is a hard candy. Another candy. More candy. Maybe, in the future, I will take some regular photos of the objects I am taking micro photos of, … Continue reading

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A Christmas gift for my wife…

I used my last real Mexican Fan Palm log, not to make a tiki, but to make a present for my wife. It looks small, but it is about three-and-a-half-feet-tall. It has our initials carved into it with a plus … Continue reading

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