tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961024307018430114.post4422173265464558885..comments2023-10-12T04:45:52.268-07:00Comments on David Western's Portland Eisteddfod Lovespoon: Leaping SalmonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961024307018430114.post-12612034930677315272016-06-19T23:11:52.687-07:002016-06-19T23:11:52.687-07:00David, this is one of the most beautiful carvings ...David, this is one of the most beautiful carvings I have ever seen. And for someone like myself who has been working in fisheries for the past few years, this is quite the design. Currently, I am a Peace Corps volunteers serving in Zambia (southern Africa), working in fish farming! When I am back on American soil next month for vacation, I have plans to obtain another tattoo and, if it is alright with you, I would LOVE to use your design. Does that sound alright with you?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03195710941352553470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961024307018430114.post-89317380515500508282012-11-06T16:24:07.930-08:002012-11-06T16:24:07.930-08:00What a great dynamic design. The overall shape is ...What a great dynamic design. The overall shape is an eye-catcher, attractive and interesting. Then a closer look delights more and more.<br /><br />The celtic knot-work melded into an interplay of fast and slow curves is just superb, as is the utilisation of the particular piece of timber's natural features. The whole sculptural work doesn't read as a lovespoon at first glance but you can see that it most certainly is, as you continue to look.<br /><br />This is a massive plus in my reckoning and the tradition is served well by innovative designs like this. It is he possibility of such innovation within the tradition that makes lovespoon carving such a worthy and fertile medium for the expression of ideas and emotion. <br /><br />Is the 'egg' beneath the salmon's tail captured? I've been thinking of including loose captured elements that are securely captured but only just captured, with under cutting by surrounding elements. I'm thinking this would enable a bypassing of some of the design restrictions full cages sometimes impose.<br />Whimsical Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13888130188678839506noreply@blogger.com