Sunday, June 3, 2012

Seven kuksa

I have be working on carving different styles of kuksa, the first kuksa shows a tooled finish and is not oiled, the others are sanded for smoothness and oiled with food grade linseed oil. Fellow carvers always prefer the tooled finish but I am buyers seem to prefer the sanded finish. I would be very interested to receive comments...

kuksa


hand carved kuksa


hand carved kuksa







hand carved kuksa

hand carved kuksa

hand carved kuksa

hand carved kuksa

hand carved kuksa



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4 comments:

  1. BrianJune 3, 2012 at 7:55 AM

    The sanded ones really show off the grain patterns of the timber, the tooled finish is a more tactile artisan finish. But they all look great and they all serve their purpose :)

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  2. Mark baigentJune 3, 2012 at 8:59 AM

    Hi Brian, it's a quandry sanded sell better (I'm told) and I love sanded grain.... but I hate sanding :-)

    I have some more to post soon (tooled) including a tiny Maple burr kuksa (sanded)

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  3. K P in VTJune 3, 2012 at 7:54 PM

    Very nice. They sort of look like Sierra cups. Sanded sell better? They look done? They cost the same as the tooled finish?

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  4. Mark baigentJune 4, 2012 at 2:58 AM

    Thanks KP, at the moment sanded and tooled cost the same, I am building a web shop to sell from so I will see what worked best.

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