Carving completed, except for some touchup details. I'm trying to work out how I'm going to carve the feathers. The gold leaf came in yesterday, for the gilding. When feathering is done, onto the plaque/gilding/painting. Should go with the above two photos!

 

3 hours ago, FrederickH said:

 I'm trying to work out how I'm going to carve the feathers.

 

Took a decoy-carving class years back. The accepted 'best way' is with a wood-burner pen.

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Carving completed, now to turn the plinths, and do the painting/gilding on everything.

 

 

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The feathers turned out super!

WOW! Amazing amount of detail. Looks fantastic.

Love the details . If I did not know would say it was from the late 1700's to mid 1800's . What a style.

Two coats of shellac and two coats of gesso, lightly rubbed out, done! Everything is now ready for the gilding. The plinth is also ready and it will just get a band of leaf.

Time for some gold!

Oh wow! That gold leaf really brings out the detail. This one is going to be amazing.

Project completed! This eagle stand 14" tall. I was surprised that the gilding took almost a full book(25) of leaves to

finish.

 

 

That is incredible, stupendous and magnificent- along with a few other awesome adjectives! 

Looks beautiful!   Thanks for sharing.

Danl

1 hour ago, lew said:

That is incredible, stupendous and magnificent- along with a few other awesome adjectives! 

What Lew said x2. Amazing, just amazing! Ya' did good...real good on this one Rick.

Beautiful! Definitely one of a kind! Now where did I leave my thesaurus???

The eagle has found a place to live and watch over everything.

Perfect perch. Love it.

Yep YOU DONE GOOD.....and then some