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Your art/craftwork - show it here!

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anything original, creative you'd like to share with other users!:)

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#1452 16-09-2020 4:08pm

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#1453 20-09-2020 8:28am

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That's just lovely.
Though it's from a photo it's as if you've captured all the motion and energy of the scene in motion, tremendous stuff.

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#1454 02-10-2020 12:56am

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Latest mini garden

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#1455 10-10-2020 7:29pm

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#1456 10-10-2020 11:33pm

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Wolff, your work is simply incredible, I would love to get that kind of motion and energy into a painting, just wonderful

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#1457 14-10-2020 9:37am

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#1458 14-10-2020 11:36am

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Really like that one, Wolff. Great atmosphere!

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#1459 20-10-2020 8:45pm

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#1460 20-10-2020 8:52pm

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A work in progress. It's been a while.

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#1461 21-10-2020 12:31am

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Just finished this piece, and decided to post here to show how beautiful yew timber is.
I hope you like it.

With Yew the quality of the item will always be the strikingly beautiful grain itself. You do not need intricate carving for this material, its exquisite stuff without work .

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#1462 21-10-2020 11:03am

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Out of interest - where do you get your wood from kadman ? - the old man is a wood carver and he used to get them from his instructor before the lockdown

Is there a decent supplier for blanks in Ireland ?

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#1463 21-10-2020 11:59am

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I have a good stock of Yew that I gathered over the years, some elm too.

Adverts has some supplies for woodturners " Timber Planks " should get you sorted.

Where in the country are you?

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#1464 21-10-2020 1:28pm

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Meath - the old Man is in Dublin - I'll check out adverts as well - thanks

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#1465 21-10-2020 1:35pm

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Used to knit Arans when I was in college - nearly forty years ago.
Lockdown found me rooting in the attic and found some hanks of Aran wool, so away I went with a pattern from a 1978 RTE guide. Then I couldn't stop.

Falling in love again with knitting. Delighted to have found online Irish sellers who still sell the hanks (except now in a range of fabulous colours).

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#1466 21-10-2020 1:40pm

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Wolff wrote: »

Meath - the old Man is in Dublin - I'll check out adverts as well - thanks

What size pieces does he normally use??

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#1467 21-10-2020 3:00pm

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Flat Plaque size pieces mainly - around 12-14 inch wide - 10 or so High - or square - he cuts them to size on a table saw he has so doesn't have to be exact

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#1468 21-10-2020 5:31pm

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Plenty of that size material on adverts and done deal, so he wont be stuck.

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#1469 22-10-2020 8:28am

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Thanks Kadman for those pointers - on it already ! - avid Adverts user and never thought to look there

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#1470 22-10-2020 8:45am

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While I'm here - the last in the Trilogy for October - onto something else now I suppose !

Though these 3 have brightened up the Kitchen

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#1471 22-10-2020 12:09pm

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spurious wrote: »

Used to knit Arans when I was in college - nearly forty years ago.
Lockdown found me rooting in the attic and found some hanks of Aran wool, so away I went with a pattern from a 1978 RTE guide. Then I couldn't stop.

Falling in love again with knitting. Delighted to have found online Irish sellers who still sell the hanks (except now in a range of fabulous colours).

Do you take orders and how much would you charge? I'd definitely buy one.

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#1472 22-10-2020 2:13pm

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New Home wrote: »

Do you take orders and how much would you charge? I'd definitely buy one.

Ah I used to years ago. The thing is, the wool alone for an adult sized jumper could be anything from 60 euro to twice that, depending on brand and whether it is in balls or hanks. Even charging a silly 2 euro an hour or so for work, the price of a jumper would be crazy.
There are only really 3 stitches in knitting. Knit, purl and slip. Once you can do them, anyone can make an Aran sweater.

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#1473 22-10-2020 2:39pm

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My mother in law made them for kids when small but I gave them away later. I often wondered at how the pattern would read, looks fierce complex.

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#1474 31-10-2020 10:11am

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Garlinge wrote: »

My mother in law made them for kids when small but I gave them away later. I often wondered at how the pattern would read, looks fierce complex.

It's all about being able to use a cable needle. It's really not that difficult and some cables are easier than others.

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#1475 06-11-2020 9:34am

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Skelligs.jpg

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#1476 14-11-2020 7:17pm

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Mod: No advertising, thanks.

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SimoBurn wrote: »

Mod: No advertising, thanks.

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Apologies on that.

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#1478 26-11-2020 9:54am

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Something for a friend, but I am not sure I'm quite happy with it, something missing... possibly a talent for painting

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#1479 26-11-2020 10:05am

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Looks great and a very popular topic to paint - I have done a few of the Pigeon House as well over the years - always goes down well

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#1480 26-11-2020 10:35am

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I like that a lot!

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#1481 26-11-2020 11:33am

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CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Something for a friend, but I am not sure I'm quite happy with it, something missing... possibly a talent for painting
...

In fairness thats pretty good. I'd be delighted if I did that.

If you want to experiment. It wouldn't be better just different.
My only suggestion is perhaps try a wider palette of colors, more contrast, or the other way go lighter, like watercolors.

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#1482 26-11-2020 11:36am

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Do no Harm take no ****. All on www.facebook.com/artinwoods

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#1483 26-11-2020 1:22pm

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beauf wrote: »

In fairness thats pretty good. I'd be delighted if I did that.

If you want to experiment. It wouldn't be better just different.
My only suggestion is perhaps try a wider palette of colors, more contrast, or the other way go lighter, like watercolors.

Yes, I know what you mean.
I may dip back into it and work in the darks a bit more, to give more power to the brightness of other elements.
I really must take a couple of classes one of these days!

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#1484 26-11-2020 1:44pm

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I'm finding Instagram a great source of see other people artwork and techniques. I haven't done any art in decades. But looking at it there may actually encourage me to draw something badly like I used to.

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#1485 26-11-2020 2:06pm

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CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Yes, I know what you mean.
I may dip back into it and work in the darks a bit more, to give more power to the brightness of other elements.
I really must take a couple of classes one of these days!

I've done a few classes. I'm not sure what I was expecting to get out of it but I don't think I got it

They varied from everyone doing their own thing to everyone painting the same thing. In each case the instructor would just walk around the room and leave you to it. They might make a suggestion or if you had a qs etc.

Most questions now are so easily answered by Google or youtube, I think it really comes down to trial and error/practice after that.

The advantages of a class as I saw it was you have your set painting time each week, so abit of a routine and your away from distractions. Also you get to meet other "students" and you can share tips and get inspiration etc.

There's plenty of good books too on each medium. Books that handle colour theory/dark and light etc. Book depository has an excellent range. Youtube is a great resource for tutorials.

In saying all that, I think your work is excellent

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#1486 26-11-2020 3:23pm

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Princess Calla wrote: »

In saying all that, I think your work is excellent

Thanks for that, and everything else you said.
I need to find a more impressionist approach, I love that, I must check out some tutorials and see what they can bring to my efforts.
Depending on the source material it all happens with ease, but sometimes a painting just isn't working and, for all the effort I put in, it ends up abandoned or painted over.
Still, every day is a school day...

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#1487 26-11-2020 3:29pm

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CiDeRmAn wrote: »

T... but sometimes a painting just isn't working and, for all the effort I put in, it ends up abandoned or painted over.
...

I never really painted but isn't that true of all art, or creative activities. Some days you hit it out of the park, other not so much.

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#1488 26-11-2020 4:04pm

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CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Something for a friend, but I am not sure I'm quite happy with it, something missing... possibly a talent for painting

I wish I had your lack of talent!!!!!!

If you look at it from a phone, scrolling from the top of the picture down, the obly thing that doesn't seem to be "in synch" with the rest is the bit where the land touches the water - I'm not sure what it is or how to fix it, but perhaps it's a little "pale"? I don't know, it's pretty magnificent anyway! ☺️

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#1489 26-11-2020 4:26pm

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Upcycling art at its finest!

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New Home wrote: »

I wish I had your lack of talent!!!!!!

If you look at it from a phone, scrolling from the top of the picture down, the obly thing that doesn't seem to be "in synch" with the rest is the bit where the land touches the water - I'm not sure what it is or how to fix it, but perhaps it's a little "pale"? I don't know, it's pretty magnificent anyway! ☺️

Hmm, I know what you mean...

It's easily fixed I think, I will have a crack at it this coming week.

I really must take myself off around Dublin some rainy evening and get some pictures, I'm running out of original material!

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#1491 09-12-2020 2:44pm

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Not sure where on boards to post this but this thread seems a nice fit!

A new fox design made from a single sheet of silver, any feedback appreciated - whether it be about the piece, or other forums which would be good for posting such items.

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#1492 10-12-2020 1:30pm

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Other forums no. Least I don't know any. Do people post on Instagram? That's mainly where I see creative stuff these days.

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#1493 14-12-2020 10:16am

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Did this one for a pal of mine - suits this time of the year I think

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Another triumph Wolff, just beautiful

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This took far to long to finish!

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Penfailed wrote: »

This took far to long to finish!

That's spectacular!

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#1497 28-01-2021 2:30pm

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#1498 28-01-2021 2:34pm

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That is very nice.

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#1499 29-01-2021 4:54pm

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CiDeRmAn wrote: »

That's spectacular!

Thanks muchly!

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My son the prosthetic special effects make up artist, convinced his
partner to sit for hours to have his latest creation applied. Poor girl,
and this is the result of her patience:)

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....ehm.... I'm sure she has a great personality....

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