{"id":6258,"date":"2020-10-16T19:11:48","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T19:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stichler.co.uk\/?p=6258"},"modified":"2020-10-16T19:11:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T19:11:48","slug":"seals-of-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/10\/16\/seals-of-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"Seals of Approval"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The last of the three log benches at Sewerby hall ~ similar to the one which featured gannets, in that the carving on the back-rest had to be relatively simple so as not to impede the comfort of the sitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I decided to go for a pair of seals facing each other; I&#8217;d carved a seal on one of the monkey puzzle logs at Sewerby last year, so I had to make these different: this time they were swimming rather than relaxing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The patterns on beech wood ~ the &#8220;spalting&#8221; ~  usually irritate me as they tend to interfere with the carving and make it difficult to see what&#8217;s going on ~ but actually with this &#8220;seaside&#8221; theme they gave the impression of water on several of the pieces, and it really worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_20200905_164659-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_20200905_164659-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_20200905_164659-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_20200905_164659-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_20200905_164659-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_20200905_164659-70x53.jpg 70w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_20200905_164659-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_20200905_164659-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_20200905_164706-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_20200905_164706-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_20200905_164706-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_20200905_164706-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_20200905_164706-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_20200905_164706-70x53.jpg 70w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_20200905_164706-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_20200905_164706-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_20200905_164721-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_20200905_164721-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_20200905_164721-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_20200905_164721-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_20200905_164721-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_20200905_164721-70x53.jpg 70w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_20200905_164721-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_20200905_164721-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last of the three log benches at Sewerby hall ~ similar to the one which featured gannets, in that the carving on the back-rest had to be relatively simple so as not to impede the comfort of the sitter. 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