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Acanthus Leaf
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August 3, 2026
Louis Quatorze Ornament, Built Out of Light and Shade
The scroll and the shell, and why a Louis Quatorze panel is never allowed a flat surface. Where the style turns into Louis Quinze, where it falls apart into Rococo, and what all of it teaches a carver about light.
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July 28, 2026
How to Lay Out a Carving With Dividers, Not a Ruler
Proportional layout is sizing a carving by stepping off one module with dividers instead of measuring inches. Seven whole-number ratios, three circle sections, and the tools that do it, from the classical shop tradition.
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