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Myana — Crying over a missing foot
Published: 2005-12-18 13:08:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 4090; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 217
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Well, she is.First she was crying over being alone and abused, but then I dropped her on the floor and she lost one foot. And now she is inconsolable...
Material: Linden
Tools: Knife, chisels
I think the anatomy is pretty much ok, although I exaggerated her curves a little bit on purpose.
Feedback please! What do you think?
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lol XD well it looks reeeally nice, great job!
im trying my first wood carving with linden too... but recently i cut my own finger =/ im waiting to heal it and keep going on!
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That's perfect! I love the concept too with the broken foot, but each curve and even the small carving marks just add that little bit extra into making this something...human almost. Excellent!
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Sorry for the late reply, but thank you so much for your sweet and encouraging words. I really appreciate it!
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Very emotional piece, and I laughed when I read about the foot
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I couldn't help but laugh out loud as I read your description. Sounds like something I would do!
Great carving, by the way. What wood do you use?
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So it's a type of wood then? Is it soft?
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"The timber of lime trees is soft, easily worked, and has very little grain, so it is a popular wood for model building and intricate carving."
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Ah okay. 
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lol, I guess you didn't look into the article as it says linden is what's its called in Europe and basswood in North America!
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Oh really? I live in Europe and I'd never heard of "linden"
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i posted the carvings!!! haha let me know what you think!!! anyway nice meeting you
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i think its beautiful!!! 
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aww, thank you!
Definetely nothing wrong with a chess set! You should submit it to your gallery, so we all can see it!
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but how do i find you again?? maybe should add you to friends list. k will submit a photo of set. hopefully it'll be a good one. learnt deviant art that thought and forethought needed in taking photos. haha you better reply this or i'll never find you again.
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I actually think that her foot breaking off added even more character and emotion.
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oh my, i want one. 
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I know this is a serious piece but I couldn't help but laugh. Those arms are amazing and give the proper emotion needed here. I'm actually glad she lost her foot!
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hehe, I'm glad you liked her - for what she was and what she became since she lost her foot. I agree, losing one of her foot was the best she could do
Many thanks for the fav!!
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Nice work! Remembers me of a friend of mine who carves wood, too.
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Thank you, I'm glad to hear that you like it! And thanks for the fav!
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This is so fantastic! What kind of wood did you use/do you prefer? It seems like a fun project.
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Thank you!
The material in this is linden (lime?), but for furniture I prefer oak or birch.
I love working with wood!
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Then maybe I could give her the tiny foot my friend made our freshman year
I'm very impressed by this... The anatomy looks great.. those legs and arms look like they were tricky
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hehe
Why thank you, I'm glad to hear that you like her. The arms was tricky, but the legs where actually quite easy
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Yeah.. I've been trying to make something a bit like this for a couple years in ceramics class... but I keep getting immediately frustrated and just moving on
I might try again soon though
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aww, thanks! Glad you like it!
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haha, I suppose
Thanks for the fav!!
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Looks great. Very nice detail for a small piece. Did you save the foot?!
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Thanks!!
I saved it and meant to glue it back on.. until I accidently vaccumed it! Lol.. she weren't meant to keep it!
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Personally, I love exaggerated curves. So way to go on that.
Also kudos to taking a mistake and making something out of it. I can tell you how many times I've broken something I've sculpted and just gave up on it or tossed it aside. What was once something meant to be deep and meaningful now has a bit of a humorous twist to it (as her reasons for being upset have changed) but it still doesn't loose the original feeling that was put into it.
The craftsmanship looks excellent as well. I love the rough texture left on the surface. It's something i don't see often enough and feel that too many blooming artists are forgetting that scoring marks give life to sculpture and that everything being smooth doesn't make it "perfect" or "better".
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aww, thank you for your sweet words!
personally, I think a lot of the emotion would have dissapeard if I had sandpappered her. The rough surface helps showing her rough times.
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I like it, even with the missing foot...though funny enough I think it adds to it ^_^
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Myana! This is lovely work (I can understand her feelings about the foot! poor thing, especially when she had all those curves to flaunt! 
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aww, thank you so much dear! I appreciate the ego-boost
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I really like this, especially the back and head area. The effect of using the knife and chisels giving the little 'chips' and flat bits is really nice. Not having a face is a nice idea, too, it really emphasises the emotions of the piece to me
The right breast looks a little odd, but that might well be the lighting on the left picture..?
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