October 30 2018 Still a way to go but this carved vessel is progressing nicely, I really enjoy the excitement that builds as a piece of artwork comes together.

October 25 2018 Now for the exciting bit, the colour. The airbrushing goes quite quickly. The brushwork will take many days of painstaking work, a fine balance between tone, colour, positive and negative space, highlight […]

October 19 2018 At last the elephant giraffe and zebra are being carved, this will really start to bring this carved vessel to life.

October 9 2018 Steady progress the baobab trees are starting to look life like now.

September 27 2018 The slow process of bas-relief carving .. determination required here   An exacting process at this scale.

September 20 2018 Progressing well. Imagine painting a picture and then add making the canvas, cutting out the picture so that it still holds together physically and compositionally and then carving, before you even get […]

After drawing the motif on this vessel the piercing stage of cutting out the negative space has started. Many long hours days and even weeks of work to do here.

September 6 2018 Drawing by hand I’m pleased with the progress on this piece. There is no getting away from the careful attention to detail every step of the way. Every mark counts. It can […]