Having got the pole now installed in my home work area, my conservatory, I had to decide where to start the figure shaping. I had noticed that some of the surface is rather unstable due to weathering and splitting, so decided to start on the simplest shape - the Snowy Owl.
At the school I had showed some of the children how to find the best part of the pole to be the front face, and had marked all down this with a pencil. In fact we had also marked the eyes or the Owl and I had demonstrated how these were hollowed.
Today I continued to take these out and deepened the pupils. I then started rounding the owl's shape, deepening the dividing incisions as the rounding got deeper.
Approx 2 hours.
About Me
- John Tappy
- Hayling Island, Hampshire, United Kingdom
- Member of the Solent Guild of Woodcarvers and Sculptors.
Part-time Tutor in Architectural Carving at Portsmouth University.
Member of Hayling Island Amateur Dramatic Society.
Representative to the Little Theatre Guild of Great Britain.
Chairman of Hayling Island Choir.
Member of the Portsmouth Choral Union.
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