{"id":1559,"date":"2014-10-17T19:30:11","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T19:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stichler.co.uk\/?p=1559"},"modified":"2014-10-17T19:30:11","modified_gmt":"2014-10-17T19:30:11","slug":"guitar-solo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/10\/17\/guitar-solo\/","title":{"rendered":"Guitar, Solo"},"content":{"rendered":"

The same process for this one, off with the bark and then a drawing to guide the carving.<\/p>\n

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This trunk is marginally bigger than the first, but I still had to make the guitarist slightly smaller than the drummer, as the guitar itself took up more space.<\/p>\n

I flattened the guitar as well as I could, so it didn’t bend around the trunk too much.<\/p>\n

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Then it was on to shaping the hands and arms.<\/p>\n

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It struck me today how much time is spent chipping away at awkward fiddly bits that probably go un-noticed ~ but are essential to the design and structure:<\/p>\n

Bits like these….<\/p>\n

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The plan is to finish the guitarist tomorrow, although there’s quite a lot to be getting on with. I’ll give it a good go anyway.<\/p>\n

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