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Topic: "Chez Moose"
Joe Cieslowski
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posted July 08, 2009 10:32 AM
Completed this one a while back......shiped to Jackson hole, WY for a private residence. 2 sides....26"x30"x2", white pine. All hand carved and stained....cleared with five coats of urethane and gilded. Joe, Makin Chips and Havin Fun! -------------------- Joe Cieslowski Connecticut Woodcarvers Gallery P.O.Box 368 East Canaan CT 06024 jcieslowski@snet.net 860-824-0883
Posts: 2345 | From: East Canaan CT 06024 | Registered: Nov 2001
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John Arnott
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posted July 08, 2009 10:48 AM
Wow Joe ! Great stuff ! One of your best! -------------------- John Arnott El Cajon CA 619 596-9989 signgraphics1@aol.com http://www.signgraphics1.com
Posts: 1443 | From: El Cajon CA usa | Registered: Dec 1998
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Pierre Tardif
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posted July 08, 2009 11:27 AM
Wow! Very, very nice!! -------------------- Pierre Tardif P. Tardif Inc. 1006 boul. PIE-XI sud Val-Belair QC. Canada G3K 1L2 418-847-4089 pierre@ptardif.com
Posts: 800 | From: Quebec city | Registered: Aug 2002
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Neil D. Butler
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posted July 08, 2009 11:32 AM
Man that is a Piece of Work! Fantastic! -------------------- "Keep Positive" SIGNS1st. Neil Butler Paradise, NF
Posts: 6277 | From: St. John's NF Canada | Registered: Mar 1999
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Sam Staffan
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posted July 08, 2009 12:03 PM
I cannot put enough of these on here for you Joe! -------------------- Sam Staffan Mackinaw Art & Sign 721 S. Nokomis St. Mackinaw City, MI dstaffan@sbcglobal.net
Posts: 1694 | From: Mackinaw City, MI | Registered: Mar 2004
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Joe Cieslowski
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posted July 08, 2009 12:47 PM
Wow back atcha!! Thanks!!! It's been a long time since I did a relief this big. It's getting harder to stay on task after getting used to all those quickie house markers. Thanks Again! Joe, Makin Chips and Havin Fun! -------------------- Joe Cieslowski Connecticut Woodcarvers Gallery P.O.Box 368 East Canaan CT 06024 jcieslowski@snet.net 860-824-0883
Posts: 2345 | From: East Canaan CT 06024 | Registered: Nov 2001
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Dan Sawatzky
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posted July 08, 2009 12:53 PM
Very, VERY nice!!!!!! -grampa dan -------------------- Dan Sawatzky Imagination Corporation Yarrow, British Columbia dan@imaginationcorporation.com http://www.imaginationcorporation.com Being a grampa is one of the the most wonderful things in the world!!!
Posts: 8738 | From: Yarrow, B.C. Canada | Registered: Nov 1998
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Dennis Raap
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posted July 09, 2009 07:25 AM
Joe your work is top notch! -------------------- Dennis Raap Raap Signs
Posts: 839 | From: Coopersville, MI | Registered: Feb 2003
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Rene Giroux
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posted July 09, 2009 09:01 AM
Very, very kewl... even got a 50% French content ! Top shelf [ July 09, 2009, 09:02 AM: Message edited by: Rene Giroux ] -------------------- Rene Giroux Perfexion.ca Gatineau, QC.www.renegiroux.com I'd rather regret things I did than things I didn't do!
Posts: 1875 | From: Gatineau, Quebec, Canada | Registered: Sep 2004
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Karen M Stanley
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posted July 09, 2009 02:40 PM
Very very nice Sir!! -------------------- Karen Stanley Signs & Wonders Amherst, VA
Posts: 136 | From: Amherst, VA | Registered: Jan 2007
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Dave Sherby
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posted July 10, 2009 11:37 PM
Wow.... nice work. -------------------- Dave Sherby "Sandman" SherWood Sign & Graphic Design Crystal Falls, MI 49920 906-875-6201 sherwoodsign@sbcglobal.net
Posts: 5396 | From: Crystal Falls, MI USA | Registered: Apr 1999
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Dave Dube
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Member # 11333
posted July 11, 2009 12:38 PM
Nice work! Didn't you have a step-by-step of this one posted? Isn't this why we're called Sign Artists? -------------------- Dave Dube Dube Cachets & Old Paper Art Helena, MT
Posts: 8 | From: Helena, MT | Registered: Jun 2009
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Todd Gill
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posted July 11, 2009 02:56 PM
Nice! I especially like the rock mountains and the sky....great colors/effects. -------------------- Todd Gill Outside The Lines Potterville, MI
Posts: 7792 | From: Potterville, MI | Registered: Dec 2001
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Joe Cieslowski
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posted July 11, 2009 08:24 PM
Thanks a lot everyone!!!!! Ya dave, I did start one on the hand lettering site but didn't get much past the head....I've got the pics but not the time. Here's a closer-up of the other side.....little different lighting and well.....it's just different. Thanks again everyone! Joe, MakinChip$ and Havin Fun! -------------------- Joe Cieslowski Connecticut Woodcarvers Gallery P.O.Box 368 East Canaan CT 06024 jcieslowski@snet.net 860-824-0883
Posts: 2345 | From: East Canaan CT 06024 | Registered: Nov 2001
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Randy Campbell
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posted July 12, 2009 05:14 PM
your work rocks Joe!!! -------------------- Randall Campbell Randy's Graphics, 420 Fairfield N. Hamilton Ontario Canada
Posts: 2857 | From: Hamilton Ontario Canada | Registered: Jan 2002
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Mark Neurohr
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posted July 15, 2009 09:29 PM
Very nice sign Joe! Are you still using the same 'ol design software?? Your carving is over the top and so is your detail in painting!! Mark -------------------- Mark Neurohr "Ernest" Paintin' Place 141 Sunnyside Road Kittanning, PA 16201 724-859-0859 mneurohr3@yahoo.com
Posts: 992 | From: Kittanning, Pennsylvania | Registered: Nov 2001
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bill riedel
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posted July 16, 2009 08:16 AM
Joe you just keep getting better, the carving and painting are perfect.( Practice makes perfect.) Bill -------------------- Bill Riedel Riedel Sign Co., Inc. 15 Warren Street Little Ferry, N.J. 07643 billsr@riedelsignco.com
Posts: 2953 | From: Little Ferry, New Jersey, USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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Brian Diver
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Member # 1552
posted July 18, 2009 11:45 PM
Awesome, just beautiful! -------------------- Brian Diver PDQ Signs Everett, Wa (425) 252-6110 Brian@PDQ-Signs.comwww.PDQ-Signs.com
Posts: 770 | From: Everett, WA 98201 USA | Registered: May 2000
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Sonny Franks
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posted July 19, 2009 12:50 PM
Has anybody said "Wow" yet? Add mine to the list...... --------------------www.signcreations.net Sonny Franks Lilburn, GA 770-923-9933
Posts: 4115 | From: Lilburn, GA USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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Ian Stewart-Koster
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posted July 20, 2009 12:45 AM
What more can I say...I'm very impressed! -------------------- "Stewey" on chat "...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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Jillbeans
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posted July 22, 2009 08:55 AM
Very very nice work, Mr. Chips! Love....Jill
Posts: 8834 | From: Butler, PA, USA | Registered: Jan 2001
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