Some Finished Projects

I have been working on my studio. I wanted to make more room f when I host our carving group and to have other men over to carve. I did finish a few projects to get them off the bench and post.  I could have sanded the Green Man (from Chris Pye book) forever, so I stained it and will donate it and the cottonwood bark man to a silent auction at our church to help get our youth group to a Haiti Missions trip to HUT Outreach.

I did my first bowl. It’s in black walnut. I was pretty happy the way it turned out and my wife loved it. It was fun to do and a different genre of carving other than faces.

Coming out of the Butternut

I enjoy carving butternut.  I have been gifted some.  I wanted this guy to come out of the butternut and have his eyes closed.  I did not do a great job on the lips.

Working on this guy

I am working on this guy with a stocking cap, out of cottonwood bark from Canada. I am copying a similar carving from the one and only Alec Lacasse . I have to do the beard, which I am not confident in carving, but the only way to learn and get more confident is to do it. I just don’t want to screw it up, after taking so long to do the hat threads.  It’s been a busy few weeks so first time carving in awhile. Loved finishing this guy up tonight.

Mountain Man In Cottonwood Bark

Always great to carve cottonwood bark. I appreciate the help on the beard from Alec Lacasse.  I’m going to do a little more detailing and then I might give this as a Christmas gift.

Working on these guys.

I have two projects going right now. One is in red cedar, which I love, and wish we had more this far south in Michigan.  The other is cottonwood bark from Canada.  Only had a couple hours this week to carve. Need to carve more to continue to get better. Tried a different way to do the nose. Also cut the eyes on the cedar with a V and a knife, which is new I usually have just used a knife.

This guy looks a little like Genghis Khan

I will be working more on the neck and clothing collar.

Cotton Wood Bark From British Columbia

I can’t wait to carve these guys.  Such amazing bark, I don’t want to waste them!