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It’s looking great!

I like what you did on the front edges; much more lively.
The bird is lovely.
May I borrow one of the bird pictures? The one without the legs. Probably complicated for me but I am thinking to try it just by itself.

It’s a pleasure to see it assemble. Excellent pictures We don’t see many lately:)

Thanks Abbas. I borrowed the whole top from a Louis XIV coffer in one of Ramond’s books so I could not say no if I wanted to and I don’t want to. Have fun with it. I can send you an Inkscape file of it if you like.

You are lucky they did not catch you… It would have been la guillotine!

That will be great if it’s not too much trouble:) Take your time though as I am not done with your chickadee, I found on google images, yet. I messed up the legs. I need to cover up the gaps too…

Thanks Paul!

Amazing. I can’t wait to see the final pictures. This needs to go to a gallery somewhere with a very hefty pricetag.

Extremely beautiful!!! Great Craftsmenship!!! Yes, I can’t wait to see the finished product glisten. One thing im going to look up on Google is French polish. I’ve heard many people use the term but i don’t know the process.

Beautiful, great workmanship , looking forward to seeing this piece of art finished

Jeff- if you are curious about French Polish, I think this is probably the best video available on it.

You never cease to amaze, beautiful.

Thanks Luke. You beat me to it.
I second that Patrice’s video is as good as it gets (IMHO)
The only thing that is better is having him show you hands on. That was almost worth the price of the first week at ASFM all by itself.

That is rather impressive. A lot of patience and time must have gone into that.
Well done mr. boatbuilder.