Popular Post FrankEV Posted October 5, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 A while ago on September 21st, Francisco aka frankorona (a kindred spirit as I am actually a Francis but I use Frank) posted his “Modernist Figures” in Bragging Rights. I thought they were just outstandingly beautiful and asked him if he had made a pattern that he was willing to share. He replied that he had not made a pattern, but instead, sent me a copy the images he used. I was able to use the images to make a pattern for the “Two Heads” sculpture. I’ll probably do the other piece in the future. Therefore, from this Francis to my friend Francisco in Mexico, I say Muchas Gracias. This work was not the type of work I usually do, but a change of pace is sometimes a good thing. So, here is my attempt at making this beautiful sculpture. I used solid 3/4” Maple for the busts and a piece of 3/4” thick solid Walnut in an oval shape for the base. The busts are about 16 inches tall, and the oval base is 9” long x 6” wide. Cutting was relatively easy and done with just one Pegas #5 Skip blade. I then used a combination of my rotary carving tools and a lot of sandpaper to ease and smooth all the edges. The wood was left natural color. There is lots of grain coloration in this piece of Maple After initial carving and sanding I applied a coat of lacquer sanding sealer prior to some final sanding before finishing. Finishing was multiple coats of Deft Clear Gloss Spray Lacquer with some very light sanding between coats for nice ‘smooth-to-the-touch’ finish. Side 1 Site 2 Hope you enjoy. Comments and critique always welcome. TexasDIY, Woodrush, frankorona and 10 others 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjweb Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 That’s beautiful Frank, RJ FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfish Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 Would you mind sharing the pattern that looks great FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 Very well done, Frank. FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 Beautiful job!! FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jr42 Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 Nice job. FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak0ta52 Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 Outstanding as always, Frank. I agree that the wood grain stands out making the piece that much more beautiful. FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 awesome job FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankorona Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 Wonderful, very well done!! FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe W. Posted October 7, 2021 Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 You provide a good piece of work to get this media/medium (?) into mainstream art. Way to go and keep doing what you are doing. FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted October 7, 2021 Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 Absolutely awesome. I love it when Frankorona posted it and I still do. You did an awesome job. Marg FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobscroll Posted October 7, 2021 Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 Hi there Frank, I like it it's very artistic and good to look at, Thanks for showing us your work, Bob FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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