First day of carve on fireplace surround. I wanted to add a little more detail to the stones but i put up a little to much material in 93 degree weather.. haha

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Comment by scott dobert on May 7, 2012 at 7:38pm

LOOKS GREAT CHRIS!! love those big ole leaves !! very nice ! i hear yah on the heat drys mix out fast! use a tent umbrella and a misting bottel goes a long way in slowin down the set!

Comment by Chris Lloyd on May 7, 2012 at 8:56pm

Thanks Scott.. I had a tarp and water. It just took off on me.. lol.. The heat made it a little hard to really get behind the leaves to carve them out. Its hard to tell the detail with the release but it turned out pretty good. The leaves really pop out which is cool.

Comment by scott dobert on May 8, 2012 at 5:35am

IT HAPPENS!! again it looks awesome cant wait to see more!

Comment by Nelson Lasaosa on May 8, 2012 at 6:56am

Chris, nice elegant smoooooth vert work.  A different style, never bore with Vert work, wow.

Comment by Chris Lloyd on May 8, 2012 at 8:04am

Thanks Nelson... I wanted to do something a little different on this project. We are doing a lot of work for this guy and have a lot more coming from him in July. Thanks For the comment!!!!

Comment by David Driggs on May 8, 2012 at 2:23pm

NIce work! ALso, I guess if the guy has more work for you in July, you'll have to wait until August to take the dogs to Fran's.

Comment by Chris Lloyd on May 8, 2012 at 2:28pm

HAHA.... Yeah, im gonna have to wait until at least August.. Thanks for the Compliment David!!!

Comment by Chris Lloyd on May 8, 2012 at 2:30pm

Also, i dont know if you noticed but the dog want me to rub him and he came over and laid right in front of me when i was carving and broke off two pieces of the vine.... Thats when i had just about had enough!!!! hahaha... had to lock em up after that

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