Leo Pruijt

Title: Barent B.; commissioned
Executed: spring 2010
Timber: Linden
Height: 37 cm
Design & preparation: ± 20 hour.
Carving & finishing: ± 80 hour.

Preparing the wood and bandsawing the profiles.
  

Cleaning up the profile and determining the position and depth of the eyes, nose, mouth  and cheeks.
  

First version of the forehead and eyes. Several versions will follow ...
  

First version of mouth and nose.
  

Just before the in between 'confrontation' with the real world: the customer.
   

Final carving stage, waiting for sanding.
 

Final stage after sandpaper and oil (lemon oil & danish oil) .