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Offline madcrow

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More Wood Carving
« on: December 02, 2013, 10:52:55 pm »
Here is another wood spirit that I finished up recently.



This one was literally a year in the making, but I would carve on it some, get timed of messing with it and do something else.  Pick it up in a month or so and start again.  A simple double vine with a few leaves, carved on cherry.  I have grown to hate cherry for carving.



I did a bit of under cutting for a more 3 D look.



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Offline Pat B

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« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2013, 11:17:44 pm »
Cool carving. That will make a nice walking stick.
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Offline mcginnis6010

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« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2013, 12:02:03 am »
yea i hate carving cherry i personally think its one of the most difficult wood species to carve. Personally i love carving ERC and i also like ash and poplar too.
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Offline RidgeRunner

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« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2013, 09:15:10 am »
Nice carving Madcrow.  I can see how that would take some time.

I have carved wooded spoons from Wild Cherry.  I thought I liked it. ;)
Have also carved spoons from Ash.  Never tried ERC or Poplar.

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Offline mcginnis6010

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« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2013, 09:53:12 am »
ERC is real easy to carve you just gotta watch out for knots. Alots of time you can use those knots to your advantage depending on what your carving. I usually use it for bowls and cooking utensils.
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« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2013, 10:14:46 am »
Beautiful work,got to love that. :) Very talented.  :)
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Offline Trapper Rob

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« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2013, 02:03:07 pm »
Nice work Eddie.
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« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2013, 08:07:48 pm »
your carving is inspiring madcrow, I love it, bub
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Offline Gus

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« Reply #8 on: December 03, 2013, 08:27:46 pm »
Yes Sir,

Nice Work There...

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« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2013, 08:32:59 pm »
A lot of talent, right there, Eddie. Man, you're good.
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Offline vinemaplebows

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« Reply #10 on: December 03, 2013, 08:57:05 pm »
Thats talent! :)
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Offline Dharma

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« Reply #11 on: December 03, 2013, 10:14:13 pm »
You might wish to try cottonwood root for carving figures. That is what is used here to carve Kachinas.
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« Reply #12 on: December 03, 2013, 11:26:00 pm »
Thanks guys, y'all could almost make a fat man blush.  The reason I hated the cherry was because I made a very large number of stop cuts all along the vines and flowers.  That stuff will wear your fingers out.  I have used cherry for spoons and it worked fine.  I use poplar for my santa/ woodspirit  christmas ornaments (pics coming as soon as I can finish painting the) and it works fine for that, but I have not liked a single poplar walking stick that I have carved.  Dharma, do you know of a good supplier for cottonwood bark and roots?  The last time I looked online, the bark was pretty costly for a good sized piece.
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« Reply #13 on: December 04, 2013, 02:44:58 am »
Madcrow, I can get cottonwood root. PM me if you wish.
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Offline Zuma

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« Reply #14 on: December 26, 2013, 07:19:41 pm »
Very nice carving Madcrow,
My problem often is if I start I have to rush to the end.
I appreciate your patience.
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