As most of you know, I have an ongoing theme of Medieval
Busts that I have been carving for the last two years or so. When I was remodeling the Carvings Gallery
Page last week, I realized that I had omitted the most important figure from
the court. The King! Well, I just had to do something about
that. I went out in my shop and found
that the piece of Quaking Aspen (Populus Temuloides) that I have had drying
since last year was ready to go. This is
a fantastic wood for those of us out here in the mountains of the far
west. It carves very much like basswood
and I can get a whole pickup truck load for about the same price as I can have
a two-foot-square box of Minnesota basswood shipped to me. I carved “The Sheriff” out of aspen and he
turned out great, so I thought I would give it a try for my King.
Here is what I have done so far.
I really wanted to give him a strong, majestic jaw line and
I believe I achieved my goal. This
smiling old monarch should look great standing next to his frowning, uptight
queen. It still needs a little sanding
and some woodburning to highlight the deepest recesses and provide a boarder for when he
gets painted. I hope to get started on
the torso portion of the bust tonight, and I
promise to make regular posts of the progress I’m making, so check back soon.
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