This is my first attempt at carving - having never picked up a pneumatic tool or chisel I was fortunate to find a piece of wood whose form lent itself rather well to interpretation:
Even the untouched piece structures nicely in the form of a torso
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Some preliminary sketches have helped define where things could go:
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Although the initial design seemed to be driven toward realism (in large part because of my bias), removing the bark and getting into the form itself revealed a pretty interesting series of shapes that were slightly more abstract:
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This has me thinking about some really interesting possibilities - some 3D renderings soon
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