Totoro on a Branch

Post by **JoeBlow** » Sun Oct 17, 2021 11:44 am

Totoro on a Branch

5" x 9"
Oak, Walnut, Maple and Ebony
Modeled in Aspire

16 Inlays: 4 straight wall and 12 V-carved.
Whiskers are bristles from a brush.

Thanks for looking and I hope it brings a smile to the viewer.

Post by **scotttarnor** » Sun Oct 17, 2021 5:15 pm

That is pretty cool! Was it tough pulling off those eyes?

Post by **scottp55** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 10:07 am

Great Work Joe!!

Not fully caffeinated, but that "Branch" looks real?

Do you have any good "In Progress" shots Joe??
Lots of Patience on that one!
scott

Post by **ich-fräs-das** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 12:09 pm

Cool.
BR
Eckart

Post by **JoeBlow** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:02 am

scottp55 wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 18, 2021 10:07 am
Great Work Joe!!
Not fully caffeinated, but that "Branch" looks real?

Do you have any good "In Progress" shots Joe??
Lots of Patience on that one!
scott

The hardest part of this one was trying to figure out how to achieve the multi-wood look. I had the vectors from creating the model so the issue was avoiding any inside corners. I really meant for this particular piece to be a "hard edit" so I could work out any bugs along the way but it came out well the entire process and decided it was the final piece.

Couple pics of the multi-wood full depth inlays...

Inlaid the maple first and then the oak for the branch followed by the two walnut legs. Approaching it this way avoided the difficult inside corners where the branch and the body met.

Pics of the male V-carved inlays...

I ended up re-cutting a couple of the chest markings and inlaid those separately. Also re-did one of the eyes separately as well. I think next time I do inlays on a model I will just do each one individually.

Post by **scottp55** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:12 am

Aah Joe!!

Thanks a Lot for those 5 "Thousand words" and the explanations!
I appreciate it even more now!

Well Done!
scott

Post by **Bobtail Farm** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 3:01 pm

Post by **wood_fly** » Thu Oct 28, 2021 7:31 am

That's outstanding. Thanks to my kid, I know who the character is!
T

Post by **TomWS** » Thu Oct 28, 2021 2:51 pm

As Scott said, thanks for the in-depth 'explanation' on How'd he do that?

Wow, great imagination and dedication! Good job!

Post by **JoeBlow** » Thu Oct 28, 2021 11:02 pm

Thank you for the compliments!

Quite fond of Totoro's and wish one was my neighbor

Post by **Jim_in_PA** » Fri Oct 29, 2021 12:32 am

the layering and inlay strategy is wonderful! Bravo on a great project.

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