Teaser of a work in progress

Ladyblacksword · Post by **Ladyblacksword** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 6:15 am

I've got another spiral pipe in the works as well, but I don't feel like sharing that one until it's done.

This, on the other hand, is too much fun to NOT share.

Italian Briar, picked up at the local place as usual.
It's obviously far from done...But the pattern will totally cover it when finished.
And yes, that's the remains of the plain and ugly reddish stain on the surface. No point in sanding it off first.

Feedback welcome.

Frank · Post by **Frank** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:58 pm

Rusticating the areas between the carved patterns looks like a good idea. Shaping up nicely. Don't forget to blend the stem into the carved shank.

TRS · Post by **TRS** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:15 pm

Nice design, and I dig the rustication, great technique.

Ladyblacksword · Post by **Ladyblacksword** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:11 pm

Frank wrote:Rusticating the areas between the carved patterns looks like a good idea. Shaping up nicely. Don't forget to blend the stem into the carved shank.

I'm not planning on doing any carving on the stem. I'll be using my signature silver spacer as a transition, and probably slightly rounding the edges of the stem to match. It'll look nice if it turns out like what's in my head.

Ladyblacksword · Post by **Ladyblacksword** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:15 pm

BeatusLiebowitz wrote:Nice design, and I dig the rustication, great technique.

Thanks!
It's kinda funny to me to hear this called "rustication" as it's a texture technique I came up with for background areas on carvings before I ever touched a pipe. I've always thought of it as a "pebbled" or "stone" texture.
It's the same as what I used on this: http://dreamingdragondesign.deviantart. ... -129302956

I find it really funny that nobody has realized that this pipe's design is a sight gag...

Alan L · Post by **Alan L** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 1:01 pm

Ladyblacksword wrote:I find it really funny that nobody has realized that this pipe's design is a sight gag...

I think you have to be from the south to get it.

For instance, last week some guys were asking me what kind of wood my pipe was made from, and when I said "Mediterranean Briar root burl" they asked if our local "briars" weren't big enough to do the job...

I'm laughing WITH them, not at them, I thought the same thing when I was 12 or so. My brother and I must've dug up half an acre of blackberry bushes looking for a root burl before we decided that Italian briar bushes must be REALLY big and nasty!

staffwalker · Post by **staffwalker** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 6:17 pm

Sight gag? I'm from the South Rad and I don't get it. Of course I'm from Mississippi and we aren't noted for a great deal of smartness. bob

Sasquatch · Post by **Sasquatch** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:08 pm

It's antler-shaped roots, which is a joke because deer don't even EAT roots, except of course for briar chunks, which they'll swim miles for.

Actually, come to think of it, I don't get it either.

TRS · Post by **TRS** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:58 pm

Sasquatch wrote:which they'll swim miles for.

This is my favorite part.

SimeonTurner · Post by **SimeonTurner** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:47 pm

I bet Brer Rabbit gets it.

Ladyblacksword · Post by **Ladyblacksword** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 11:21 pm

Uh, guys, you're overthinking it. Seriously.

It's a Briar Pipe.

(Briar=Bramble in common usage=thorny mass of vines.)

Heck, the joke was so simple that my hubby got it on the first try, and said I should make one with a liner.

Ladyblacksword · Post by **Ladyblacksword** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 11:34 pm

SimeonTurner wrote:I bet Brer Rabbit gets it.

Turner gets it too...