{"id":974,"date":"2014-05-07T14:59:47","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T14:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stichler.co.uk\/?p=974"},"modified":"2014-05-07T14:59:47","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T14:59:47","slug":"african-panels-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/05\/07\/african-panels-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"African Panels Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been working on a commission of two oak panels, approximately 2 1\/2 ft x 11″, each featuring a selection of animals, plants and patterns along with initials relevant to the customer.<\/p>\n

I started off with the rough oak panels, and planed and sanded them to a workable level. I didn’t want the finished panels to look too slick or machined as I thought it would detract from the subject matter ~ I’d done a bit of research into African carvings and they are instantly recognisable as being hand-crafted and quite free in their design and finish; although I didn’t want to simply reproduce that style, I wanted some of that character to be visible.<\/p>\n

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I’d decided to use a traditional African triangular pattern as a border, so then the next stage was to attempt the layout:<\/p>\n

The drawings had been prepared earlier as part of the emailed ideas between myself and the customer, so it was just a case of scaling them up or down and shuffling them about to make a pleasing design.<\/p>\n

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Once traced on the carving started with the patterned border, then methodically from top to bottom with the animals and patterns.<\/p>\n

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One done, and the process is repeated for the second panel:<\/p>\n

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