L'Artiste: Wood Working Tools (T-bevel/string/chisel)

Nineteen, ... yes at least 19 principle pieces in this project. It is taking me forever,.. (approaching 100 hours on it so far, this includes the rough draft and experimentation on techniques). I have just one last principle piece left, but otherwise I am liking what I see. I have gone back and corrected many shadows and reflections.

In all honesty, I am somewhat proud of it so far,... (I think I am approaching an acceptable skill level where I can be more proud of offering my work as a gift).

Here are the new additions,....

(a little rope, an awl and a chisel)

(a tin of assorted drill bits)

(and a vintage t-bevel)

I also tweaked the note in the center by adding a few tears and curls to make it look worn, and will add the text I have written to it soon.

For those who do not know, I tend to be obsessive about my work when I am in front of it, (heck , even when I am away from it), I constantly imagine corrections and different techniques or methods of attaining a particular look for a texture. In this project there are an immense amount of different textures, so I obviously and literally dreamed of this project and have spend quite a few hours (to my wife's dismay) realizing those dreams . All this to say I have gone back and made corrections on this project constantly,... and here are a few examples.