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    Default Jesus corpus

    I got this as a last minute rush job, the wood for the body came from the church its going in. It is being renovated the wood was pretty bad filthy and full of nails when I got it, came out of the attic old fir planking.

    The carving is 36 inches tall

    I should be done with the carving today have to carve the toes and fingers hardest parts for me. have to make the cross next.








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    You are a very talented man.

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    Must have been an interesting glue up.
    How long did roughing cut take?
    You did a great job on the Irish homestead wood ones!
    Is it harder or easier to carve the 3' one?
    Great work Brian!!
    scott
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    Scott the roughout was around 3 hours with a 7/16 endmill I cleaned that up a bit with a 1/4 ballnose about another 45 min. the model I have has very little detail its good for proportions and each one I carve has its own look.

    At least this fir is not all fuzzy like the last.

    As for easy or more difficult each size has advantages larger is easy to get into tight spots, smaller does not need as much attention to detail.

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    Thanks Brian!
    Good luck this morning!!
    scott
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    Todays progress still needs refining I have found doing other work and coming back later helps to find a lot of the work that needs to be done.

    It is hard to know when you are finished.






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    Brian:
    Depicting the most famous carpenter in the history of world as you have is utterly fantastic.
    Absolutely gorgeous and clearly inspired.

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    Very impressive!
    Tom Bachman,
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    I'm Impressed Brian!!
    I think it's like a painting;
    "It's NEVER finished....it just stops in an interesting place."
    I know my cousin who's a painter, keeps his work in the studio doing the final "touch up" over and over, until his significant other grabs it and says;
    "It's DONE Wade! SIGN it!!"
    Beautiful Brian!
    Hope you sign it where nobody can find it for 100 years, and then have to look you up
    scott P.
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    Wow, that is exceptionally impressive! Chuck
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