Neander Carving Project Complete (Warning, Big Pics)

[Matthew Dworman]

Finally finished! The frame is mahogany all carved with hand tools, and finished with 3 coats of tried and true Danish oil
and 3 coats of Mylands paste wax. Thanks for looking:





All in all this took about 80 hours to complete including drawing the template and applying the finish.
A fun project and I'm already starting on my next frame.
Matt

[Maurice Ungaro]

80 hours??!

Looks fantastic, and I think that maybe you've done this kind of thing before!

Maurice

[Ted Shrader]

Matt -

WOW! That is remarkable. Very nice work. Lot of time invested in that.

Ted

PS I like the dog in the first picture. Better than the legs in the second

[Leif Hanson]

Outstanding! Nicely done.

[Dennis McDonaugh]

Great work! BTW what's your dog's name?

[Jim Becker]

Wow...that's awesome. Mucho work, too. Beautiful job!

[Ken Fitzgerald]

You certainly have more carving talent and patience than I do! Keep up the good work!

[Rob Russell]

Wow - nice work!

[Lou Morrissette]

Great looking piece of work, Matt. The detail is realy clean and sharp. True artwork.

Lou

[Michael Stafford]

Great looking work! Very talented!

By the way, either the dog wants to play or go out...

[Sal Morgani]

Great project, I like the detailed clean lines of your carving. Are you self taught or did you take classes?
Sal Morgani

[John Miliunas]

Wow Matt! Not even in 80 full DAYS could I even dream of pulling something like that off! Magnificent! By the way, the first pic with the reflection of the pooch is really an almost perfectly "framed" picture unto itself! Nice job!

[Tom Scott]

Excellent work, Matthew. The frame looks fantastic!

Tom

[Marshall Harrison]

Great work Matt. Great detail in the carving and the way the side piece carving blends with the top shows your true ability. I don't think there is any way I could do something like that. No talent, no patience.

Like John said, the first picture is a good one but I can't figure out what the green thing on the floor in front of the dog is.

[Marc Hills]

Holy cow, Matthew, that is stunning! Just beautiful!

And may I say, your first photo with your dog's reflection? That one just might rise to the level of art.

I was going to say your photographic composition skills are superb, but then I looked at the reflection in the second picture. Let's just say this: don't give up relief carving for a career in photography!