shari first time

mtngoat

Here is my first attempt at a shari it would have been up months ago but i couldnt finish due to the skin being alot softer than the wood when it comes to a dremmel and carving wood, ive just been allowed to use power tools again. Tell me what you think if you like im really open to suggestion.

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mtngoat

these ones also

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Dale Cochoy

Sooooo....
How many stitches?....

Dale

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ElGringo

thats excellent. i guess you could paint it with some ink (after lime-sulpher) to really bring out the contours

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soonami

what species tree is that?

ozzerbon

Gidday mtngoat,

Nice one so far sport, will keep my eye on your tree, to see how it developes.

I've also done my first two sharis, nothing any where near as grand as yours, as to surface treatment, I have been advised to go for a more natural appearance and to use a good coating of vaseline, well rubbed in until all is soaked thru.

The colour of the exposed wood, unlike yours, has turned a deep golden ochre, my two trees are a Podocarpus and a Premna japonica, both slender literatii.

I do it slowly by hand with a variety of chisels, the use of a machine has no interest to me, sorta not so much control, and definitely far slower.

I'm thinking that your tree is a Ligustrum of sorts....?

Best of luck with it mate,
oxxerbon

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mtngoat

hi all, the tree or what was a tree is a common privet that i dug up 12 months or so backout of the front garden.

just curious but what does the vasoleene do is this used instead of lime sulpher? and/or where is wood hardener available from im in australia and no one ive spoken to has heard of it.

oh yeah 3 stitches to the skin and 5 inside my index finger.

Happy Gilmore

Looks like a great effort so far. I've done very little of this but can appreciate the effort that goes into it as I've started a few with my dremel and observed many others done.

I'm not familiar with this tree species and it's habits. Some straight lines in your efforts I'd guess you'll soften with irregularities or perhaps smoother/straighter curves is more natural on that species. I'm more used to seeing shari/jin on evergreens in the PNW which are typically quite irregular and 'masculine', perhaps your species etc is just more feminine?

ozzerbon

[QUOTE=mtngoat].
just curious but what does the vasoleene do is this used instead of lime sulpher? QUOTE]

As I see it mate, Lime sulphur appears to be rather artificial, and yep I know that many folk use it.

Vaseline on the other hand appears to be more realistic, and responds to time, specially colouration and texture is what I'm concerned with, Lime sulphur jumps right out at ya, and dominates the eye's perception.

ie., very distracting.

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