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As why do we carve stuff rather than paint it?

Hand oils preserve the wood.

They stain paint, but its OK on painted carvings.
Im fact I try to age them so the paint is faded and yellowed but preserved in oil.


29 posted on 10/15/2013 9:15:55 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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Carvings are tactile.


30 posted on 10/15/2013 9:16:40 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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