Bearded Demon

[Bpardue]

I finished the Bearded Demon this weekend. The design is by Lora Irish and I have seen this pattern done before but just the head without the wings. This is the complete pattern.

Woods: Cherry, Poplar, Bubinga, Sapala, Magnolia, Aspen, Aromatic Cedar, Ambrosia Maple, Brazilian Cherry, Maple, Peu Amarillo, Paduak & Spaled Sycamore  

This was made for a client that will be hung behind a bar

Measures 14" wide & 16" tall with about 130 pieces

 

[Scrolling Steve]

Wow !.....What a wonderful use of some beautiful woods !.....Very nice !

[daveww1]

that's amazing, great job

[Scrappile]

The level of your work is so impressive.  Beautiful.  Hanging in a bar, you are going to get many orders...

[Sycamore67]

That is extremely great....love the detailed shaping and wood choice.

[hotshot]

Very very well executed!

[Ron Johnson]

Nice variety of exotic woods and a totally awesome piece of art. Well done Brian.

[wombatie]

Oh WOW what an excellent looking piece.  Time very well spent Brian.  But boy he looks mean. 

 

Marg

[Bpardue]

Thanks for the comments

[GPscroller]

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!  Thanks for sharing.

 

Jeff

[meflick]

Another stunning piece of work you have created.  Thanks so much for sharing a photo.

[Sycamore67]

Excellent work...love the shaping of the parts to make it stand out so well.

 

 

Would really appreciate to hear how you shaped the parts and what tools you used. It appears that much of it was hand sanding and shaping.

Edited March 17, 2017 by Sycamore67

[Bpardue]

Sycamore67,

I get the depth by either using various thickness of woods or by raising & lower the woods with shims. Once I am happy with the depth of the piece, I start shaping pieces that ate farther away form me working towards me. I never start shaping until all the cutting is complete and I can see the entire piece. I use a flexible drum sander with 80grit to remove wood quickly than move to 120grit. for small detail shaping i use a Dremel with various sanding drums and other attachments. Once the shaping work is done; its a quick hand sand to fine tune any detail i don't like.

 

This piece has woods that are from a 1/2" thick (wing body) to  1 1/2" thick (nose area - 1" wood with 2 quarter inch shims)