ok so another 'plaque' type image... done in white road marking crayon...

A BALLERINA.. 

still more to do here I think...   the image is split into two by the 'tu tu'... this gives it another perspective... the two body parts (torso and legs) have to be lined up vertically and depth wise on the wax block... a new phenomena to concentrate on ..

OK ....  so a follow on from a previouse post ..  wax crayon carvings..  ;-) .
    I have got some bigger ones... road marking crayons, a little crisp like the cheap crayons for carving, but are nice hard wax for thew finished item.. so 50-50 I suppose... hahaha any way, I broke the first carving... a chess piece... the night, broke his head off.. hehe so what to do with the stub left..??  melt it down with the scraps, or try something else.....
  I tried something else... this is the 'shaddow' of buggs bunny in the making.... oooops alread with right ear missing... hahaha

 I am doing these with normal clay carving type tools, but have just bought a rotory tool as the wax is so brittle may be the rotory tool can take out some areas with less pressure applied ( which is how I snapped the neck off and then lost an ear..  ) than a hand scraper tool.. we shall see.  ;-)


Ol so an update on the 'shadow' of Buggs Bunny ... 

Hahahaha and a crafty Mickey Mouse look a like slipped in as well ;-)

ok.. so an update on the old oak table...
now the frames are stripped of Lacquer and stain, and 1st coat of tung oil applied..

these will now be reassembled into the frame, and then have a 2nd coat of tung oil... then left another week or more to dry out... I still have to re store the tops so this will be done in between times..



 Mean while.... I am trying something else as a pastime , mainly because I am running out of room to put paintings, models etc.. hahaha but also it is omething I have never tried befor..  .. carving  ..  or 'sculpting '  haha..  so I am trying it with wax... as used for jewelry and small statue casting methods... 

 I used jumbo size wax crayons, cheap and easy to obtain with a variety of colors.. 

so not too bad really, pooh and friends and sponge-bop and his mate starfish.. color with acrylcs..