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A Project for Christmas.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 6:40 pm
by cv3
My wife was getting ready to pack this away tell next year. I thought I would take a picture and share it. The carving is a cypress knee, the base I turned out of butternut.
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 6:53 pm
by a1gutterman
Santa wood be proud!!!:D
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 7:03 pm
by dusty
Beautiful work CV.
How long does it take to make a carving like that?
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 7:22 pm
by mbcabinetmaker
That is just Amazing, right down to the blue eyes!
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 7:43 pm
by cv3
dusty wrote:Beautiful work CV.
How long does it take to make a carving like that?
Dusty
It will take me about 2 to 4 days to do the carving and a day to paint it. this one was about 3 days. I do a lot cypress knee carving with Power tools. Cypress knees are very strange to work with, there can be big changes in density and texture. Detail I use carving knifes.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 8:40 pm
by friscomike
Very nice. Great job, but uh, don't let my wife see it. She'll be saying, hey, you have all that expensive Shopsmith equipment, why can't you make one...
Terrific talent you have.
mike
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 4:14 am
by tdubnik
I envy people with artistic talent because I have none. Very nice looking Santa.
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 4:29 pm
by john
I second TDUBNIK's comments.
Though my father was an artist, I don't seem to have inherited his talents.
Great Job!
John
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 4:43 pm
by cv3
If you want to give it a try this is a great how to book
“Carving Cypress Knees Creating Whimsical Characters from One of Nature's Most Unique Woods By Carole Jean Boyd, Jack A. Williams”
It takes you step by step on carving and painting a Cypress Knee. I learn to carve them from taking a class given by Carole Jean. I have the book and refer to it a lot. You can find it on the web.