Creating delicate wood carvings in the style of Aubert Parent | High-relief woodcarving in lime wood

To create a woodcarving in the style of 

Aubert-Henri-Joseph Parent.

Aren’t these two images of the bouquet of flowers you just saw wonderful? I didn’t create them myself, but they served as inspiration for a personal piece in this style. 

This exquisitely elegant woodcarving is apparently attributed to the French woodcarver Aubert Parent. (Attributed – so without a signature)

Sold at Christie’s in 2014,  Auction price USD 1,250 

Description:

A LOUIS XVI CARVED LIMEWOOD FLORAL TROPHY

ATTRIBUTED TO AUBERT PARENT, LATE 18TH CENTURY

Dimensions: 44 cm high,  and 35.5 cm wide.

Creating delicate woodcarvings in the style of Aubert Parent

I thought it would be a fun challenge to try making something completely different: a woodcarving reminiscent of the work of woodcarvers such as Aubert Parent or Jean Pierre Putman. 

As you know, crafting family crests in wood has been a significant part of our annual turnover for years. So a bouquet of flowers carved from lime wood was, once again, something completely different; it turned out to be a new challenge and a learning process.  

Below you will find a number of images of the various stages. The ornament is 45 cm long, 27 cm wide and 8 cm thick.

It is almost impossible to explain in detail how to tackle this project, but much of it comes down to intuition and creativity. Hopefully the images will help give you a better idea.  Of course, it’s not perfect in terms of the plant kingdom, but nothing is as boring as ‘perfect’.

We start by transferring the design onto the wood, cutting out the outline with a jigsaw, then gluing it (with newspaper) onto an MDF board, and ‘let the fun begin’.

Creating delicate wood carvings in the style of Aubert Parent
 High-relief woodcarving in lime wood

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Adaptation of an original work by David Esterly | Grinling Gibbons | Foliage carving in limewood | David Esterly

Grinling Gibbons | Foliage carving in limewood

Adaptation of an original work by David Esterly

Left David Esterly, right my work

Left David Esterly, right my work

Left David Esterly, right my work

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GRINLING GIBBONS STYLE OF CARVING | FOLIAGE CARVING IN LIMEWOOD | HIGH-RELIEF WOODCARVING

PATRICK DAMIAENS,

This is a place where the visitors are confronted with their search for a personal touch and where they have an opportunity to get acquainted with skilled experts, who have turned durability and tradition into their passion.

This carving is a special order for a dentist in Germany. This garland is carved in lime and placed in the library of the customer, above the entrance door. (Over-Door , supraporte).

The library is made in solid oak, the supraporte-carving in limewood, so you get a nice color difference, not abnormal, because It was common in the 17th century English castles.

This is a good example of this technique.

The high-relief carving is made in the carving-style of Grinling Gibbons (17th century)

 
The tools of the dentist are incorporated in this festoon.

First I made a sketch:

Modeling:

And then there are several stages

to achieve the end result:

 

The initials of the client included in the garland.

CARVED GARLAND

ON YOUTUBE:

 Foiliage carving , supraporte   PART 1

 Foiliage carving , supraporte   PART2

MORE INFO:

WEBSITE : PATRICK DAMIAENS

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CARVING A ROCOCO-ORNAMENT | Museum aan het Vrijthof | Patrick Damiaens Ornamental Woodcarver

Ornamental Woodcarver Patrick Damiaens

Carving a ROCOCO - ornament in oak

For the Museum aan het Vrijthof 

in Maastricht (Netherlands)

  

The museum is a historical house on the famous Vrijthof square with something for both tourists and the residents of Maastricht. The museum presents the history of those who lived in the city of Maastricht in the form of art works and in beautifully designed everyday objects from furniture to horsemen's guns, from silver candelabras to watches. The interior of the room makes way a few times each year for exhibitions. 

However, the focus always lies on the five centuries of the entire city of Maastricht’s cultural identity. It is a history we display to be discovered, explained and experienced. That is the reason the Museum aan het Vrijthof, which up until recently was also known as the Museum of the Spanish Government, exists. 

Drink in the spirit of Maastricht. Feel the history. Admire arts and crafts from the past. Lose yourself in the sensation of becoming part of life in the 18th century. You will be given the opportunity to gain knowledge, to see where the connections lie, and to simply enjoy so many of the beautiful things produced by Maastricht’s artists and craftsmen in the past.

http://www.museumaanhetvrijthof.nl

WOODCARVING: Patrick Damiaens  at the " Museum Aan Het Vrijthof "   Maastricht in the Netherlands.Patrick Damiaens at work.
The making of an Rococo-ornament in oak.

WOODCARVING : Patrick Damiaens (Belgium)  made a German Rococo Applique for this Museum in Maastricht  in the Netherlands . The work will be displayed in the permanent collection of the museum together with this film. To give the visitor a better picture of the complexity of the work of a mastercraftsman. 

More info at

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  This little movie was made by producer Vincent Oudendijk  

http://www.EclipseAV.nl

Main sponsor of the Museum renovation is 

 "The European Fine Art  Fair "  

The TEFAF Maastricht .

http://www.tefaf.com

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