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| Playing around, carving my new 7 ply, with 2 hardwood layers, that was kindly donated by my partner's folks. They wanted to get rid of it anyway. One piece is 1200 x 2400. Score. Because the grain crosses between layers, I can chip each layer like this. |
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| I sand blasted it and came out better than I expected. It ate into the softer parts, giving more definition between fibers. Kinda how drift wood looks. It's made lots of detail I wouldn't be able to carve. Could be great on larger scales. |
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| I bought some shellac yesterday on Paul recommendation. So I started shellacking the hell out of everything. It's cool stuff, made from beetle shells, cheaper than varnish, and easy to thin out or thicken. |
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| Another shellacked piece of ply. I was drawing a portrait, but wasn't working, so sanded it off. The hardwood part is good enough; there are variation in colour, knots, and it's been seasoned out side for a couple of years. I can take whole layers of ply off to make it look like a hardwood panel, which I'm going to do for at least 1 major work. |
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| Mid section of plywood. I put it in the fire for a bit, varnished it and it came out alright. The charred part looks like a night scene, I reckon |
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| Played around carving into it with a box knife. I though that bit could look like smoke so I carved this. Took a long time and once the line's there it's there. I might add some charcoal on the shadow lines or get out the soldering iron and burn some more. |
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| Playing with running ink mixed with retarder medium on ply wood |
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| Detail of ink mixing with retarder medium, gives some gnarly effects. Tree and rock like |
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| Black and white charcoal on ply wood. I had to mix black and white to get any sort of tone. I sprayed it with varnish which brought the wood colours out a bit |
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| Bonsoir Paris. melting frames, kinda what I want to do |
