I will join the crowd , top view and that round plaque sets it off also

I really like the round plaque Frederick, contributes to it rather than just showing it off

Always fascinating to watch you do carvings ! Truly the most creative skill in woodworking. And I think that was a church for pirates. 
Paul

Gesso applied and dried. I've applied a coat of sizing to the plaque rim and will be laying down the gold leaf soon.

Black gesso?

1 hour ago, lew said:

Black gesso?

No, just the background/contrast color of the plaque. Everything that's gold color will get gilded.

This one is going to be awesome with the gilding. The round plaque was a great choice in my opinion.

Project completed, except for finding a place on the wall for it. Onto the next carving from Southern Italy!

Edited January 5, 20242 yr by FrederickH

Turned out awesome Rick. It deserves a place of prominence. Appreciate you sharing this project.

Incredible!

Very Nice!  Spoiled I am having a CNC to carve with leaves me envious of your talent and patience 

4D

1 hour ago, 4DThinker said:

Very Nice!  Spoiled I am having a CNC to carve with leaves me envious of your talent and patience 

4D

And.... I wish that I had your talent with a CNC machine! We all have our special talents that we can share here

That's super Frederick!

Here's my last comment on this post? The large scallop shell came from a late lunch that we had in Scilla, Italy. I had seen that a couple were eating seafood out of the biggest scallop shells that I had seen and I asked the owner of the restaurant if I could "buy" one. He said no, but would give me one. So, it came home with me!!! It's next to some "normal" scallop shells that came from Nantucket.

That's a full meal size