I've got some spare time and will be starting the "panel" that served as our headboard in Bilbao, Spain. It was one of 16 that was attached to the wall above the bed and I thought that it might make a great exercise in carving. I've isolated one of the panels, isolated 1/4 of that panel, and enlarged that section to about 6 1/2-7" square. That section will be flipped four times to make a complete pane(13-14" square). I'll have to cut out the spaces, in the panel, and then proceed to carve all of the detail. I'm thinking that this project will get mostly paint instead of any leafing.

 

Edited June 12, 20233 yr by FrederickH

Amazing!

 

Am I reading this correctly, that you are going to carve "4 quarters" and then fasten them to a larger background?

29 minutes ago, lew said:

Amazing!

 

Am I reading this correctly, that you are going to carve "4 quarters" and then fasten them to a larger background?

Lew, I'm going to carve one board that is 13-14" square containing the four areas of carving. So, yes there will be "4-quarters" but carved within one panel. When I'm done, the carving will be exactly like my first photo.

This will definitely be a challenging project. Looking forward to following and learning along the journey.

6 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

This will definitely be a challenging project. Looking forward to following and learning along the journey.

 

What Dave said, exactly

Basswood has been prepared and the basic design has been started. I've drilled out some waste for the pattern and will jigsaw to the pattern line. Then, the carving parts can be laid out and the carving will begin. The carving pattern will be repeated 4 times. The rosettes will be turned/carved separately and then applied to the center. I'll have to wait to see how much undercutting needs to be done.

Scroll work done and now it's time to think about putting some steel to wood. I'm uncertain about which cuts to make first but will work that out.

Quite delicate work involved here. Gonna be interesting to watch.

I would not know where to begin!

15 hours ago, lew said:

I would not know where to begin!

Lew, there are many times where I don't know where to start. Usually I look at the piece and decide how many separate areas there are in the panel. With this panel, there is the edge molding, the C scroll, the leaves, and the center flower. I then decide which areas have to be the high spots/low spots, carving from the high to the low areas and the areas in between. With this carving, I'm going to make a corner "practice" piece to see how it goes., then do the original panel.

I'm glad that I made a practice quarter panel to see how the carvings should proceed. Carving from high to low seems to be the solution. I'm still undecided on how the end the leaf structure that will be under the flowers?

WOW! What patience you have!

Practice panel is coming along. The more I carve, the more I'm convinced that a 3-D printer was used for the original.

21 minutes ago, FrederickH said:

a 3-D printer was used for the original.

Or a CNC machine.

Rough carving of the Bilbao panel coming along!

Edited July 4, 20233 yr by FrederickH

WOW!!

24 minutes ago, FrederickH said:

Rough carving of the Bilbao panel coming along!

And so it is...spectacular!

Finish carving almost done. From the photo, there's a few "corrections" that have to be done. I'll turn one(or two) of the center rosettes and then decide if the center section needs lowered to receive them.

Incredible!

∆∆∆What Lew said.∆∆∆