This is a piece I started carving many moons ago and then left (read forgot) for ages, it's a very old block of oak about six inches square and about two feet high. I restarted doing some work on it last weekend and think it might be worth pushing a bit further to see how it develops. My original vision for this piece was a strong, athletic figure standing proud and square, with only the head turned slightly to one side. I liked the idea of working the surface all the way with chisels (rather than smoothing the form with files/sand-paper) to leave the multi-faceted surface of repeated chisel marks - rather like beaten metal :-)
