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limewood
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August 10, 2026
How to carve a replacement that matches an antique
A client sent me a photograph and an order for fifteen rosettes. No antique, just the picture. Here is what actually gives a new carving away, and the tool that fixes it.
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July 27, 2026
Why Tilman Riemenschneider Left His Limewood Unpainted
Tilman Riemenschneider was one of the first masters to finish limewood without paint. Conservators have shown the surface was never raw wood. It carried a thin tinted glaze, with the eyes and lips painted straight onto the bare limewood underneath.
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