The wall paneling in the last post comes from a Franciscan monastery in France. This is the text panel describing the paneling. I had a question about the depth of the relief carving. Lower relief panels like the one below range in depth from 3/16" to 5/16", averaging one quarter inch from the upper surface … Continue reading Low Relief Part II
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Gothic Low Relief
Gothic low relief wall paneling at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Click an image to see it full size.
“A Red And Yellow Basket”
In the run up towards teaching carving a basket of flowers I wanted to have another look at this English example from ages ago. It’s an ornament from an English looking glass. I carved a pair of side drapes - leaves and buds - and did a few patches to the leaf tips on this … Continue reading “A Red And Yellow Basket”
Every Picture Tells A Story
Just not the whole story. These two photos of the same carved ornament from a high chest of drawers made in Philadelphia c. 1765, were both made by professional photographers more than a decade apart. In the first image the photographer laid the cartouche flat on its back surface, placing the film plane parallel with … Continue reading Every Picture Tells A Story
Gadrooning Redux
Recently I was searching for information and images of round corner card tables and came across this recent blog post. http://bringbackthehandtools.blogspot.com/2014/03/gadrooning.html I had never seen the blog before but immediately recognized the cropped image of a seat rail. It is an armchair in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Several additional images can … Continue reading Gadrooning Redux
In Proportion to the Trouble 