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But there was ONE student who completed the assignment. Congratulations goes out to Bob! Here's what he had to say...

Hi Marty,

Attached is my pile of chips. 

I am working on the rosette coasters for practice.  This is my 4^th coaster.  It’s much better than my first, I am improving with practice. But still needs work. Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks

Bob

Here's your feedback, Bob!

Well done for making more chips this week and working on your 4th coaster.

A couple questions: 

Have you already completed the Chip Carving Essentials Course? I'm going to guess, yes, but just making sure.

Next, working on these coaster patterns is fine. But I'd also suggest you work on the Deliberate Practice Course at the same time. That way, you're continuing to develop your technique while at the same time challenging yourself with these fun coaster patterns.

I'd say you're off to a good start and the future looks bright for you!

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Mitch Lang (Platinum Member) has created more wonderfully carved and finished plates for us to drool over.

Hi Marty,

You asked to see what folks have been carving, so I'm sending some photos of a couple of things I did this summer. Both are done on 16" plates.

One has a quote by Rumi, a 13th century Sufi poet. The rosette is adapted from an Arabic design. I wanted it and the border to stand out so I used stain on them, and just an oil-based finish on the rest. The font was pretty difficult to carve and space so I wouldn't recommend it.

The other has lines from the well-known poem "Desiderata". The rosette is based on Gothic rose window designs. The font is called Aesop Plus and is easy & fun to carve.

Thanks as always for your instruction and inspiration!

Best regards,
Mitch Lang

And these are from Sue G., (Platinum Member) who has been holding out on us!! j/k

Sue, I'm so glad you shared these with us. Thank you :-)

Marty,

Attached are 3 plates that I have carved recently.

Thank you for all your help through your videos.

Sue Graziadio 

It's clear that Sue has mastered good carving and finishing technique. When you look at the plate you see the consistent angles in her carving and admire the beauty. The finish is even, no blotching and the color compliments the carving and is not distracting!

Super nice!

This plate is from Keith Rumohr (Platinum Member) !

Marty,

I’ve been splitting my time between chip carving and character carving. Here is my latest plate.

I have started to create this year’s collection of chip carved ornaments to give away.

Keith

Keith got a LOT of 3-corner chip practice when carving this plate. I'm tempted to count them...hmmmm...Okay I will...

Guess how many chips total on this plate? (Answer at the end of this email)

You don't have to be a Platinum Member to submit your work to me. 

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Q: How many chips are there in the pattern Keith carved?

A: 720

More of your carvings next week! 

Thanks for following along!

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