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Wall Dragon

I was given a nice slab of maple in which I found a Chinese Dragon!
Carved in 4 days in my studio near Commercial Drive in Vancouver in February of 2012.

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Here is the piece of maple I was given (outside my storage locker).  I was keen on incorporating the burl on the upper part but it didn't quite work out so I've saved it for another project...

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Dragon is mapped out

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My electric chainsaw (sponsored by Strategic Forestry Management www.sfmi.ca) got me this far

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Shaped up with the die grinder and the small (1/2") belt sander

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Smoothed out

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Scaled and detailed

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Stained!

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And finished!

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I'm happy with the details

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