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		<title>Carving John Bellamy’s $660,000 Eagle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently received a commision to carve one of John Bellamy’s most famous carvings. Though I had created a pattern for it about a year ago, I had yet to actually carve one. This eagle will be smaller than the original at about 28″ wide. That’s about as small as I would carve one of these. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnshortell.com/?p=509</link>
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		<title>Another Liberty Head Carving — From the Morgan Dollar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just finished another carving of a portrait of Lady Liberty. This time the portrait is from the gorgeous Morgan dollar. I tried some new things with this carving. I tried a new wood, African Mahogany. It’s a beautiful wood but has some problems. The grain has a little too much figure. The figure makes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnshortell.com/?p=494</link>
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		<title>Carving a New Sign For My Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For years I’ve wanted to replace the tailgate of my pickup truck with a hand carved sign to use as a unique form of advertising. I’m finally doing it. Following is a photo diary of the process from conception to the final product. Like everything else this carving started with a vision, and had to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnshortell.com/?p=536</link>
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		<title>Building Weights for an EZ-Up Tent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been doing more shows and have finally bought one of those EZ-Up tents or shelters–whatever they call them. These things are great. Two people can have one set up in about one minute with a little practice. It folds up nice and neat into a bag with wheels, so you can easily transport it. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnshortell.com/?p=443</link>
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		<title>Carving Lady Liberty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a carving  I just finished from one of the latest patterns I’ve posted on my patterns page. This version of Lady Liberty came from an early 19th century gold American coin.  The dark spot on the hair is a hidden sap pocket or knot or some other defect that was hidden until I starting cutting away [...]]]></description>
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