{"id":3477,"date":"2016-09-07T06:47:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T06:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stichler.co.uk\/?p=3477"},"modified":"2016-09-07T06:47:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T06:47:17","slug":"st-georges-and-the-dragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/09\/07\/st-georges-and-the-dragon\/","title":{"rendered":"St George’s and the Dragon"},"content":{"rendered":"

You wait ages for a dragon, and then two come along at once; a matter of weeks after completing the Newport Primary School dragon, another set of workshops was arranged at St George’s Primary School in Hull ~ and what else could the carving be but another dragon?<\/p>\n

I had originally been commissioned to carve a log bench for the school in memory of a pupil who had tragically died suddenly, with the children choosing the designs.<\/p>\n

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The interest and enthusiasm for the bench led to the idea for the workshops, and a nice straight length of beech was subsequently delivered.<\/p>\n

I’d come prepared with some drawings, and got to work drawing the dragon onto the trunk with a graphite stick.<\/p>\n

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The hardest technique for young children tends to be using the V tool, so I usually start them off.<\/p>\n

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I gouged a little around the shape to make the dragon clear, so the younger pupils could grasp what we were doing.<\/p>\n

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At the end of the first day, the dragon is already leaping off the trunk. After day two, the body and wings are starting to get some shape….<\/p>\n

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After the last session ~ and our dragon is alive!!!<\/p>\n

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