Church Auction Piece

Stunning piece Ron, the form is just so balanced with such a elegant embelishment

Ron,

Form and proportion are everything, and you have done everything right on this one. And for a good cause too, nicely done.

Peter and Thomas,
Thank you very much for the nice comments!

Every now and then, someone does a turning that causes the hair on the back of my neck to stand up with pleasure and excitement.
Thank you Ron.
Jim

Jim,
Thank you very much for the great comment!

I'm wondering how you get the lines so smooth with the dental drill.

Art,

I pencil in the line for the main vine and then draw an oval where I want the leaves to be. Then I just start in freehand, making the design with just one pass at each line. I try to keep the flow even and dont worry too much if I waver off some from my original layout. I find that if I try to stay right on the line Ive drawn, I concentrate too much on that particular point and not as much on the flow of the whole thing.