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   Been a long time since I've been on here. Went back to School and been working on my car a ton. That is why the subject of my second carving is this

I'm going to turn it into my shift knob for my '87 Cabriolet. As far as I know it's the first 3D VW rabbit logo.

I posted it on a Volkswagen forum, and everyone loved it. Some people say I should make a mold of it and sell them. I'm broke, so I can't do that right now. Anyway, one of them actually sent me a private message asking me if I'd do one for them. Best part was he said "name your price." So I'll be selling my first piece of artwork. I'm bummed I'm not keeping it though because this one is turning out better and I scaled it up because the other one is too small.

Sketching information not provided

Where I'm at 3 hours in.

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DEGS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Apprentice Joined: 23 Dec 2011 Location: Tacoma, WA Online Status: Offline Posts: 18	Quote Reply Topic: Carving number two and tree Posted: 24 Apr 2012 at 7:03am
	Been a long time since I've been on here. Went back to School and been working on my car a ton. That is why the subject of my second carving is this I'm going to turn it into my shift knob for my '87 Cabriolet. As far as I know it's the first 3D VW rabbit logo. I posted it on a Volkswagen forum, and everyone loved it. Some people say I should make a mold of it and sell them. I'm broke, so I can't do that right now. Anyway, one of them actually sent me a private message asking me if I'd do one for them. Best part was he said "name your price." So I'll be selling my first piece of artwork. I'm bummed I'm not keeping it though because this one is turning out better and I scaled it up because the other one is too small. Sketching information not provided Where I'm at 3 hours in.

DEGS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Apprentice Joined: 23 Dec 2011 Location: Tacoma, WA Online Status: Offline Posts: 18	Quote Reply Posted: 25 Apr 2012 at 5:11am
	Done. They wanted me to sand it smooth.

Whale Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Tradesman Joined: 15 Dec 2010 Location: North Lincs Online Status: Offline Posts: 130	Quote Reply Posted: 25 Apr 2012 at 7:13pm
	Nice shape and proportion Degs and really good movement. What tools are you using? I thought your giraffe was coming on nicely too. Why stop there? The giraffe looks well proportioned and really like the way the head is stretching up. Dare you streamline the legs, neck and mane - hate for anything to snap. Keep posting. Regards Steve
	http://steveheath.artweb.com/

DEGS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Apprentice Joined: 23 Dec 2011 Location: Tacoma, WA Online Status: Offline Posts: 18	Quote Reply Posted: 25 Apr 2012 at 8:44pm
	I'm using knives and a dremel a lot more. I'm pretty sure the chisel type tools I bought are for wood turning, so I only have a straight one. It works well for removing sizable portions quickly, but with the dremel I can get into so many small places. The utility knife also works well with the small objects I'm making I think. Mostly what I want to do is make functional pieces, so moving on from the giraffe makes sense. I want to make more wooden pieces for my car and I have other ideas as well.

Robin Laycock Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Craftsman Joined: 17 Apr 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 457	Quote Reply Posted: 26 May 2012 at 9:41pm
	Nice work DEGS, keep doing and who what you may achieve, your work so far looks really good. Kind Regards Robin

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